Syria in Last 24 Hours:

Army Nearing End of Dara'a Liberation Operation

Rasa - The Damascus Army continued cleansing operations against the terrorists in occupied regions of Dara'a province, seizing control of several villages and hills in the last 24 Hours.

News ID: 438737

Date: 20 July 2018 - 22:18

RNA - The Syrian army troops targeted the terrorists' remaining bases in Western Dara'a, specially in Tal al-Jabiyeh and al-Naseriyeh fronts.

"The army units could win back control of Um Houran region North of the town of Nawa, Tal al-Hosh and Kasif al-Sin as well as Brigade 112 region East of Nawa," field sources said.

Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over past 24 hours.

Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured during the Syrian army's operations in provinces across Syria

Dara'a

The Syrian army continued cleansing operations against the terrorists in occupied regions of Dara'a province, seizing control of several villages and hills on Thursday.

The army forces targeted the terrorists' remaining bases in Western Dara'a, specially in Tal al-Jabiyeh and al-Naseriyeh fronts, on Thursday.

Meantime, field sources reported that the army units could win back control of Um Houran region North of the town of Nawa, Tal al-Hosh and Kasif al-Sin as well as Brigade 112 region East of Nawa.

They also captured the village of al-Tayyerah, al-Raba'ei checkpoint, Tal Ashtarah and the village of Sheikh Sa'ad in Hoz al-Yarmouk region in Western Dara'a.

In a relevant development earlier on Thursday, the terrorist groups agreed to give control of their major stronghold in Western Dara'a to the Syrian army as the latter continued military operations in the few regions still under terrorists' control in the province.

Lattakia

The Syrian army strengthened its positions in the Northern fronts of Lattakia after Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) and other terrorist groups increased their moves in the region.

A military source said on Thursday that Tahrir al-Sham and Turkistani terrorists have increased moves in the Northeastern and Northern fronts of Lattakia, adding that they are using Turkey's military support to infiltrate into the Syrian army positions.

He said that the army has targeted the militants' bases in the region with artillery and missile fire.

The source told the Arabic-language website of Sputnik news agency that the Syrian army has reinforced its positions in these fronts by sending more military equipment and weapons, adding that several drones operated by the terrorists have been downed by the army in the region in the last few days.

Meantime, the Syrian army artillery units repelled a heavy offensive by the terrorists launched from the towns of al-Shahroureh and Nawareh in Northern Lattakia, near the border with Turkey, to occupy the town of al-Saraf after opening heavy artillery fire on the militants.

According to Fars News Agancy, Lattakia is one of the logistic routes used by the terrorists to provide supplies to their positions, specially in Idlib and Hama.

Aleppo

Heavy infighting was reported among the Turkey-backed terrorists in the occupied town of Jarabulus in Northeastern Aleppo.

Field sources in Northeastern Aleppo reported on Thursday that the militants fighting in Syria within the framework of Operation Euphrates Shield engaged in fierce clashes with the militants in the village of al-Tokhar al-Kabir in Jarabulus.

They underlined continued armed clashes among the terrorists in the region, adding that a number of militants were killed and wounded.

The reason for the clashes is still unknown.

Idlib

A weapons and ammunition cache of Turkey-backed terrorists was smashed in an operation of the Kurdish militias in Northern Idlib.

The Kurdish-language Hawar news reported on Thursday that the Kurdish forces launched military operations on a main base of the Ankara-backed Faylaq al-Sham terrorist group in Atmeh region in Northern Idlib which was a main platform for Afrin's occupation.

It added that the Kurds could destroy a cache of weapons and ammunition and an arms manufacturing plant in the operations, killing 6 and wounding 5 Faylaq al-Sham militants.

A sum of 12 Turkish troops and Ankara-backed militants were killed in clashes with the Kurdish militias in Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo last Tuesday, a Kurdish media outlet reported.

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