Syrian Army Liberates New Regions in Last ISIL Bastion in Deserts of Sweida

Rasa - The Damascus army continued cleansing operations against the ISIL in the Eastern Badiyeh (desert) of Sweida in the terrorists' last strongholds over the past 24 hours, foiling their attempts to break the siege on Toloul al-Safa region.

News ID: 440767

Date: 29 September 2018 - 15:26

RNA - The Syrian army forces engaged in clashes with the ISIL terrorists in Toloul al-Safa on Thursday, regaining control of new areas near Qabr Sheikh Hossein strategic region.

The army's air force and artillery and missile units also targeted ISIL's positions in Qabr Sheikh Hossein region.

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.

Sweida

The Syrian army continued cleansing operations against the ISIL in the Eastern Badiyeh (desert) of Sweida in the terrorists' last strongholds, foiling their attempts to break the siege on Toloul al-Safa region.

The army forces engaged in clashes with the ISIL terrorists in Toloul al-Safa on Thursday, regaining control of new areas near Qabr Sheikh Hossein strategic region.

Meantime, the army's air force and artillery and missile units targeted ISIL's positions in Qabr Sheikh Hossein region.

Also, field sources reported that the army troops could advance nearly 1km in Qabr Sheikh Hossein region.

The Syrian army soldiers also repulsed an attack by the ISIL terrorists to break the siege on Toloul al-Safa region from the Eastern front, killing a number of militants and destroying one of their bomb-laden vehicles.

Aleppo

A military commander of terrorist groups was assassinated in Western Aleppo as tensions heightened between Nouralddeen al-Zinki and Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front).

Field sources in Western Aleppo reported on Thursday that Nouralddeen al-Zinki commander Mohammad Ahmad al-Khatib was killed along with one of his aides by unknown gunmen in the town of Kafr Nasih.

Elsewhere, Turkey-backed Nouralddeen al-Zinki group affiliated to the National Liberation Front terrorist group arrested three militants for affiliation to Tahrir al-Sham in the town of Dar al-Izza in Western Aleppo.

After the development, Tahrir al-Sham terrorists sent their military equipment to the regions near Dar al-Izza, detaining a number of Nouralddeen al-Zinki militants in the village of Tal Adah in Western Aleppo.

Tahrir al-Sham militants also launched heavy attacks on the positions of Nouralddeen al-Zinki in Dar al-Izza with mortar fire.

Based on the report, hundreds of residents of Dar al-Izza have staged protest rallies against Nouralddeen al-Zinki terrorists.

Idlib

The non-Syrian commanders of the terrorist groups have been relocated to Turkey from Idlib province by Ankara as other militants are preparing for a battle against the Syrian army.

The Arabic-language website of Sputnik news agency quoted local sources in Idlib as saying on Thursday that Ankara has transferred a number of the most notorious foreign commanders of the terrorists along with their family members from Jisr al-Shoqour in Idlib and Northern Lattakia to Turkey.

Meantime, a number of commanders and local members of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at have also been able to flee to Turkey from the towns of Sarmada and Atmeh by paying a Turkish businessman $10,000 for a commander and $5,000 for low-ranking militants.

According to Fars News Agancy, the sources said that the foreign terrorists are still stationed in the villages, towns and occupied positions, adding that the foreign terrorist groups, including Turkistanti party, Ajnad al-Qoqaz and Horas al-Din, have strengthened their military preparedness to fight against the Syrian army.

Also, sources close to the terrorists' commanders in Idlib have said that Tahrir al-Sham commander Mohammed al-Julani is due to declare his position on the Sochi agreement between Turkey and Russia on a demilitarized zone in Idlib soon.

Hama

Field sources in Northern Hama reported that the Turkish army has turned its observation posts in the occupied lands in the town of Murak, 30km North of Hama, into a strong fortress with tall concrete walls.

They added that different terrorist groups are stationed in the region despite Turkey's claim of monitoring and observation.

The opposition-affiliated Syrian media sources have dismissed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's claims that the terrorists have started withdrawal from the demilitarized zone in Idlib agreed in Sochi between Moscow and Ankara.

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