Syria in Last 24 Hours:

Army Keeps Rolling on ISIL Centers in Badiyeh of Sweida

Rasa - The Damascus Army kept on storming ISIL's positions in Badiyeh (desert) of Sweida, and captured more areas while inflicting more casualties on the terrorists over the past 24 hours.

News ID: 439150

Date: 18 August 2018 - 21:57

RNA - The government troops advanced against terrorists in Tal Alam and joined hands with their comrades in Qabr Sheikh Hossein in Badiyeh of Sweida.

The Syrian army further imposed control over Southwestern Toloul al-Safa after advancing 12 km towards North.

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.

Sweida

The Syrian Army troops continued to storm ISIL's positions in Badiyeh of Sweida, capturing more areas and inflicting more casualties on the terrorists on Friday.

The army men advanced against terrorists in Tal Alam and joined hands with their comrades in Qabr Sheikh Hossein in Badiyeh of Sweida.

The army men further imposed control over Southwestern Toloul al-Safa after advancing 12 km towards North.

In the meantime, other units of the army clashed with a group of ISIL terrorists deployed in Qabr Sheikh Hossein and Um Mazrakh and attacked Toloul al-Safar, killing a sum of ten terrorists and destroying their military equipment.

Meanwhile, the army's artillery and missile units and aircraft pounded ISIL's positions in Toloul al-Safa, damaging their positions and inflicting heavy casualties on the terrorists.

Lattakia

Journalists from leading foreign mass media have been allowed to see terrorists’ drones shot down over the past three days near Humeimim while trying to attack the airbase.

A group of foreign journalists touring Syria’s areas undergoing postwar reconstruction asked Russian military officials to let them see the makeshift drones terrorist use for attacks on Humeimim. They were allowed to take a look at several improvised remote-controlled aircraft downed over the past several days, the AMN reported.

Russian Defense Ministry official Major-General Igor Konashenkov said the past month saw an increase in attempts at committing terrorist attacks involving drones.

“Over the past month 45 drones carrying makeshift explosive devices were eliminated by the base’s air defense or means of radio-electronic warfare. Five drones were shot down over the past three days,” Konashenkov said.

All ostensibly improvised drones in reality are high-tech pieces equipped with up-to-date navigation and control systems and bomb-dropping devices.

Raqqa

Another mass grave containing bodies of civilians killed in the US-led coalition airstrikes has been found in Raqqa city, Raqqa Civil Councils reported on Friday.

According to Fars News Agancy, the council said that a mass grave of civilians killed in the US air attacks has been unearthed in Romeileh neighborhood in the Northeastern part of Raqqa city.

It further said that bodies of almost ten more civilians killed in the air raids have been taken out of debris in al-Bitarah neighborhood in Central Raqqa.

Idlib

Syrian Minister for Reconciliation Ali Haidar stated that people living in Idlib are welcome to reconcile with the government.

"The door is open to all in Idlib who choose to reconcile with the government, except terrorists that possess extremist ideologies,” Haidar said, the AMN reported.

The veteran Syrian minister stressed that reconciliation is also limited to people who are not terrorists.

Dr. Haidar is referencing jihadist groups like Tahrir Al-Sham Hay’at and the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP); these two rebel factions have waged war against the government for years.

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