Syrian army units on Sunday carried out military operations against militants’ dens and gatherings, and destroyed several armed groups in different regions across Syria.

Syrian army units on Sunday carried out military operations against militants' dens and gatherings, and destroyed several armed groups in different regions across Syria.

A military source said that big numbers of terrorists were killed in al-Husn town including the leaders of the so-called 'Sharia court', in addition to destroying a number of their dens, gatherings and a cache containing huge amounts of weapons and ammunition, Syrian Arab News Agency reported.

The source added that army units targeted militants' gatherings in al-Khalediyeh and Hosh al-Zawahira villages in the Eastern part of the provinces, killing all its members.

In the meantime, an army unit confronted, in cooperation with residents, a militant group's attempt to attack a station for potable water in al-Mesherfh village, and destroyed a pickup equipped with a heavy machinegun, killing four militants.

The source pointed out that several militants were killed in al-Mashjar al-Janoubi neighborhood in Talbiseh town in an accurate operation including the militants Said Swies, Ahmad Oyejan and Motaz Qassoum in al-Saan area in the central province.

Authorities also arrested members of a militant group and confiscated their weapons during their attempt to flee from al-Zara town into the Lebanese territories, according to the source.