Syrian Army Purges ISIL from More Regions in Badiyeh of Sweida

Rasa - The Damascus army continued military operations against the remaining pockets of the ISIL terrorists in the Eastern Badiyeh of Sweida over the past 24 hours, retaking control of 5 more regions.

News ID: 441618

Date: 20 November 2018 - 16:10

RNA - The Syrian army units continued purging the ISIL terrorists from Toloul al-Safa rugged terrain in Eastern Badiyeh of Sweida after imposing control over the entire region, capturing Zaribeh, Arz al-Safa, Karkiyeh, Khashbat al-Toloul and Tal al-Marati regions.

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 military operations against the remaining pockets of ISIL terrorists in the Eastern Badiyeh of Sweida, retaking control of 5 more regions.

The Syrian army units continued purging ISIL terrorists from Toloul al-Safa rugged terrain in Eastern Badiyeh of Sweida after imposing control over the entire region, capturing Zaribeh, Arz al-Safa, Karkiyeh, Khashbat al-Toloul and Tal al-Marati regions.

Meantime, field sources reported that the Syrian army's clashes with the remnants of the ISIL in the mountainous areas near Toloul al-Safa in the Western parts of Qabr Sheikh Hossein and South of Lowaizeh graveyard still continue.

The army troops killed a number of ISIL militants and destroyed their weapons and military equipment during the clashes.

Dara'a

The Syrian army found a large volume of weapons and military equipment, including US and Israeli-made arms, in cleansing operations in Dara'a province on Sunday.

The army's engineering units continued cleansing operations in the small town of al-Yadoudah and its nearby farms in Western Dara'a, discovering a large volume of arms and ammunition.

According to Fars News Agancy, US-made TOW anti-tank missiles, and other Israeli weapons, mortars and LAW missiles were among the discovered weapons.

The army men also found a large number of landmines, RPG rockets, cannons, machineguns, sniper rifles, guided missiles and night vision goggles.

The army discovered weapons and military equipment supplied by the US, Israel and a number of western states to the terrorists in regions that were once under the control of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) and other terrorist groups.

Aleppo

The Turkish Army and its allied militants engaged in intense infighting in occupied Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo on Sunday.

The Turkish army commandoes assisted by a number of their allied militants started fierce clashes with Tajamo'a al-Sharqyah, another Ankara-backed militant group, in the occupied town of Afrin.

The army and its allied militants further closed off the entire roads to Afrin and laid siege on several neighborhoods, while heavy exchange of fire was reported in al-Filat street.

The clashes inflicted a number of causalities on both sides and also on civilians.

The clashes came after some of the Ankara-backed militants refused to obey Turkish troops' military orders in region.

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