The Syrian army continued targeting terrorists’ hideouts and positions on Friday, destroying their vehicles and equipment and leaving many of them dead or injured.

The Syrian army continued targeting terrorists’ hideouts and positions on Friday, destroying their vehicles and equipment and leaving many of them dead or injured, state-run SANA news agency reported.

In Daraa, army units targeted gatherings of terrorists and their hideouts in separate areas in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood in the southern city of Daraa, a military source said on Friday.

Many al-Nusra Front terrorists were killed and their weapons were destroyed in the operations, according to the source.

Other army units also destroyed several vehicles for terrorists in Tal al-Harra in the northwestern countryside of Daraa near the border with the occupied Syrian Golan.

In Aleppo, many terrorists were killed and others were injured as the army targeted their hideouts and movements in the vicinity of the Air Force Academy in eastern Aleppo province.

More terrorists’ hideouts were targeted near al-Sfeira in the eastern countryside, while others’ positions were targeted in the neighborhoods of al-Ramouseh, Bani Zaid, al-Rashidin, al-Sakhour and Salah Eddin and in the surroundings of factories in al-Lairamoun in Aleppo city.

In Lattakia, the army’s air force destroyed terrorists’ hideouts, rocket launchers and vehicles equipped with machineguns in the vicinity of Bradoun Dam and in Kinasbba and al-Mreij in the northern countryside of Lattakia province.

Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fuelled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 230,000 people, according to reports. New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.

Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis. According to reports, more than seven million Syrians have become internally displaced.