Syria in Last 24 Hours:

ISIL Fails to Prevail over Army Positions in Deserts of Palmyra

Rasa - The Damascus Army warded off a major offensive by the ISIL in the deserts of Palmyra (Tadmur) in Eastern Homs over the past 24 hours, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

News ID: 439393

Date: 04 September 2018 - 22:42

RNA - The Syrian Army troops, backed up by the country's Air Force, engaged in a tough battle with a group of ISIL terrorists Southeast of the desert of Palmyra.

The army men managed to repel the ISIL's offensive after inflicting heavy casualties on them and forcing the remaining pockets of them to retreat.

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

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

Homs

The Syrian Army men, backed up by the country's Air Force, repelled ISIL's heavy offensive in the deserts of Palmyra in Eastern Homs on Monday, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

The army soldiers engaged in a tough battle with a group of ISIL terrorists South-East of the desert of Palmyra.

In the meantime, the fighter jets pounded ISIL's movements near Aweiraz Dam and also near T2 Oil Pumping Station and the Eastern desert of Homs along the Homs-Deir Ezzur provincial borders, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

Idlib

The Syrian Army dispatched a large volume of heavy weapons to the battlefields in Northwestern Syria on Monday in preparation for an imminent major operation against terrorists in Idlib province.

The army forwarded a large number of tanks and heavy arms to Southeast Ma'arat al-Nu'aman in Idlib province.

A large number of fresh army men have also been deployed in provinces bordering Idlib.

The army's unprecedented dispatch of forces and equipment testifies that the long-awaited operation in Northwestern Syria is imminent.

The army's artillery and missile units have been pounding terrorists' positions in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib to weaken the militants' defense capabilities.

Lattakia

The Syrian Army's artillery units opened heavy fire at terrorists' positions in Northeastern Lattakia on Monday, killing a senior commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front).

According to Fars News Agancy, Abu Abdul Haq al-Kurdi, a notorious commander of Tahrir al-Sham, was killed after terrorists' positions in the village of Kabineh in Jabal al-Akrad in Northeastern Lattakia came under heavy missile and artillery fire by the army.

In the meantime, a drone of the terrorist groups that was carrying explosive materials was shot down by the army units in al-Mashari'a region in al-Ghaab Plain in Northwestern Hama.

Also, other artillery and missile units shelled the positions and movements of the terrorists in the small town of al-Ziyarah and in the villages of al-Qarqour and al-Mashik in al-Ghaab Plain, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

Aleppo

The second military convoy of the French Army entered a US-run base near the town of Manbij in Northeastern Aleppo, an Arabic-language media outlet reported on Monday.

The Lebanese al-Manar TV Channel reported that a French military convoy arrived at a base run by the US-led coalition in the village of al-Sa'eidiyeh East of the town of Manbij.

It further said that a group of French troops were also dispatched to the coalition base in the Cultural Center in central Manbij.

The first group of the French militaries arrived n Manbij in April after Turkish troops threatened to launch military operation against Kurds in Manbij.

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