The Syrian army units attacked on Sunday the militant opposition groups in Eastern Ghota and southern Damascus Countryside, killing number of militants and destroying their ammunition and heavy machine guns.

The Syrian army units attacked on Sunday the militant opposition groups in Eastern Ghota and southern Damascus Countryside, killing number of militants and destroying their ammunition and heavy machine guns, state-run news agency SANA reported.

Citing official source, SANA said that one military unit chased the rest of the gunmen in the Barzeh neighborhood inflicting them heavy casualties, while another unit carried out a wide-scale operation against the stronghold of an armed group in al-Ebb farms of Duma killing its leader.

The source added that weapons and materials were destroyed, including heavy machine gun that had been used by militants in a series of operations in Zamalka and Irbeen, during which dozens of mercenaries were killed and injured.

In Eastern Ghota, army units continued chasing militants in the farms surrounding the towns of Baharia and Deir Salman, destroying one of their positions including weapons and ammunition it containd, and killing all of them.

The source pointed out that several insurgents in Al-Thyabiya, in southern Damascus countryside, were also killed.

Army Foils Attempt to Attack Aleppo Central Prison

Meanwhile, an official source indicated that an army unit engaged with armed group members - self-dubbed as 'Islam Front from Marea' - who were trying to launch an assault on the central prison of Aleppo, leaving all of them dead and wounded.

"Diverse ordnance, various types of weapons and heavy machine guns used by the insurgents were also destroyed," the source added to SANA correspondent.