Syrian army continued on Thursday to launch wide-scale military operations against the terrorist organizations in several provinces across the country.
Syrian army continued on Thursday to launch wide-scale military operations against the terrorist organizations in several provinces across the country, destroying their dens and vehicles in addition to killing large numbers of terrorists, state-run SANA news agency reported.
In Idleb, the army air force carried out in the morning a number of air strikes against dens and positions of Jaish al-Fatih terrorists in the countryside of the province.
A military source said that the air force carried out airstrikes against dens and positions of al-Nusra Front and other terrorist organizations in al-Najiyieh village and Jisr al-Shughour city, leaving scores of terrorists dead and destroying their arms and ammunition.
The airstrikes also targeted dens of Takfiri terrorist organizations in Ariha city and to the west of Mhambel and Mar’aian village, killing scores of terrorists.
Elsewhere in the province, a number of terrorists were killed and their arms and ammunition destroyed in raids carried out by the army against their dens and positions in the villages of al-Majas, and Hemaimat and in the town of Abu al-Dohour in the eastern countryside of the province.
Meanwhile, the army air force targeted dens of Takfiri terrorists in Jadraya village in Sahl al-Rouj area, leaving scores of terrorists dead and destroying their arms and ammunition.
In Homs, the Syrian air forces carried out several raids targeting terrorists of the so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) takfiri group at the surroundings of Jazal, Bayarat Tadmur and Jbab Hamad, killing dozens of them and destroying scores of their vehicles equipped with machineguns.
A number of ISIL terrorists were killed and their vehicles destroyed in a series of blows carried out by the army air force on terrorists’ hideouts and positions in al-Suwaneh area.
Meanwhile, the air force carried out several raids on ISIS terrorists’ gatherings and hideouts in al-Nasrani Mountain and the village of Habra al-Gharbiyeh in the southeastern countryside of the province, killing scores of them and destroying their vehicles equipped with machineguns.
In Lattakia, units of the Syrian army and the armed forces continued to carry out special operations against dens and supply routes of the armed terrorist organizations in the countryside of the coastal Lattakia province.
A number of terrorists were killed and others were injured in the villages of Arafeet, al-Eido, Tertiyah, Saqiyet al-Kart and Kinsiba in the northern countryside of the province.
A number of terrorists from al-Nusra Front and from the so-called "Islam Army" and "The Free People of Syria" movements were also killed in directed blows carried out by the army against their positions in the villages of al-Khadra and al-Soda.
The operations resulted in destroying stores of ammunition, arms, vehicles and various types of machineguns that belong to the terrorists.
Among the killed self-claimed terrorist leader of one of the Takfiri groups Bashir al-Dabkan who is nicknamed Abu al-Hasan was identified.
In Daraa, Syrian army units killed 22 terrorists in the village of Um Walad and al-Karak al-Sharqi in the countryside of the southern province of Daraa and destroyed an armored vehicle and a mortar launcher pad.
Syria was hit by a violent unrest since mid-March 2011, where the western media reports accuse countries, mainly the USA, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar of orchestrating the civil conflict in the country and providing terrorist groups with money, weapons and trained mercenaries.
On May 2011, Syrian army launched a wide-scale operation against armed groups and gunmen operating in the country, who started to escape the army blows and infiltrate illegally to Lebanon.