A unit of the army and armed forces on Thursday morning carried out a special operation against dens of terrorists of the so-called ’Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) takfiri group

A unit of the army and armed forces on Thursday morning carried out a special operation against dens of terrorists of the so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri group in the northeastern countryside of the southern Sweida province.

A military source told SANA news agency that a unit of the army bombarded a den of ISIL with their vehicles in the surroundings of Tal Sa’ad in the northeastern countryside of the province.

The source added that a number of terrorists were killed and others were injured, and their machinegun- equipped vehicles were destroyed in the bombardments.

Earlier on Wednesday, authorities arrested, in cooperation with locals, members of an armed terrorist group in a thicket in the southeastern countryside of Sweida province.

Initial investigations showed that the terrorists -17 in number- were heading to the east of the Province where terrorist organization of “the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria” ISIL members spread, pointing out the continuation of investigations.

Moreover, units of the Syrian army managed on Wednesday to fight off an attack by the armed terrorist groups east of Homs city, military sources told Al-Manar TV.

The national military also established full control over oil and gas fields in the area of Jazal in Homs eastern countryside, after it inflicted armed groups heavy losses.

Also on Wednesday a unit of the Army and Armed Forces, in cooperation with popular defense groups, thwarted an attempt by a group of ISIS terrorists to infiltrate from the direction of Sa’ad hill and Kherbet Sa’ad towards the surroundings of al-Boutheina field and hill, 35 kilometers to the northeast of Sweida city.