The Syrian army and Hezbollah are pointing significant advances in al-Zabadani, as they seized control of a strategic neighborhood in the city.

The Syrian army and Hezbollah are pointing significant advances in al-Zabadani, as they seized control of a strategic neighborhood in the city.

Sources told al-Manar that the allied forces advanced towards al-Mehrajan square, south of Zabadani, noting that they are raiding positions of the Takfiri insurgents in the city.

This advanced was preceded by seizing control of al-Kahhala neighborhood, the sources said.

The strongholds of the Takfiri militants are in the reach of the Syrian army and Hezbollah fighters, the sources stressed, noting that several hilltops are in the hand of the allied forces.

Heavy losses have been inflicted upon the terrorists, according to the sources.
 Earlier on Thursday, the allied forces blew up two tunnels used by the insurgents to transfer supplies.

The Syrian army and Hezbollah have been since July 4 engaged in the battle of Zabadani, the last city under the control of terrorists in the Qalamoun region on the Lebanese border.

The ongoing battle is part of a wider operation launched by the Syrian forces and the resistance movement’s fighters on May 4, which has reportedly driven militants out of more than 90 percent of the territory in the mountainous region.