The Syrian army managed to control most of the terrorists’ strongholds in Zabadani and regained the villages of Yabous and Kfar Yabous near Lebanon’s border, arresting a key militant commander in its ongoing operations

The Syrian army managed to control most of the terrorists' strongholds in Zabadani and regained the villages of Yabous and Kfar Yabous near Lebanon's border, arresting a key militant commander in its ongoing operations in the area.

Nazih El-Khous-nicknamed Sheikh al-Jabal-was the leader a terrorist group in Zabadani before the Syrian army arrested him during the clashes with his followers who fled the battle and abandoned him despite his appeals for them to rescue him.

The Syrian military campaign in Zabadani and its vicinity left dozens of terrorists killed or injured.

The Syrian army targeted dens of ISIL in the southern countryside of Hasaka, inflicting heavy losses upon them.

SANA mentioned that the army hit with artillery ISIL gatherings and dens in al-Badran village, 20 km south of Hasaka city, destroying many of ISIL vehicles and weapons and killing a number of terrorists and injuring others.

Another army unit crushed ISIL gatherings, using various types of weaponry, in Bab al-Kheir village, 20 km south of the city, part of which came under the army’s control on Wednesday. Many ISIL members were killed in the operations.

These operations came one day after the army restored full security to the villages of al-Watwatiyeh, Jammo, Jammo Farm, and the eastern part of Bab al-Kheir village in the south.

Units of the Army and Armed Forces killed members of takfiri terrorist organizations during continued operations against their dens in the eastern and northern countryside of Homs.

A military source said that Army units destroyed terrorists’ dens, killed many of them and injured others in Ez-Eddin and al-Sa’en in Talbeisa area.

In the eastern countryside of Homs central province, the source confirmed that an Army unit eliminated many terrorists, injured others and destroyed their weaponry and ammo in Salam Gharbi, al-Doiba and Om al-Rish villages.

The Syrian Army circulated a video that shows its warplanes targeting the terrorists' strongholds and inflicting heavy losses upon the militant groups.