The Syrian army and allies managed on Saturday to inflict heavy losses upon the militant groups in various provinces, destroying their positions and repelling their infiltration attempts.

The Syrian army and allies managed on Saturday to inflict heavy losses upon the militant groups in various provinces, destroying their positions and repelling their infiltration attempts.

A unit of the army carried out a special operation against a position of the so-called “Jaish al-Islam” on the axis of Harasta al-Qantara in the surroundings of Marj al-Sultan in the Eastern Gota, Damascus Countryside.

An army unit clashed with terrorist groups that infiltrated into the surroundings of military posts to the north of the bridge of al-Ghariyeh al-Gharbieh in the northeastern countryside of Daraa.

Most of the terrorist groups’ members were killed or injured in during the clashes, while the rest managed to flee.

In Daraa al-Balad area in Daraa city, an army unit destroyed hideouts and fortified positions of terrorists in the surroundings of Um al-Daraj well in al-Bajabjeh quarter.

The Syrian Air Force destroyed vehicles for ISIL terrorists in al-Hadath, Hawareen, al-Qariyatein and Mhein in the south east countryside of Homs. Scores of terrorists were killed and their weapons destroyed during the operations.

Later, army units targeted ISIL bases and fortified sites in al-Tarr mountain, south of Aloun farm, and at the western entrance of Palmyra (Tadmur) city, inflicting losses in personnel and equipment upon the terrorists.

At least 25 terrorists from Jaish al-Fateh (Conquest Army) terrorist organization were killed in a series of operations carried out by Army and Armed Forces units in Idleb and Hama provinces, sources on the ground told SANA.

The sources said that a leader in al-Nusra Front (Qaeda branch in the Levant) terrorist organization called Faissal al-Ghazi was killed along with a number of his cohorts in a series of special operations conducted by the army in the village of Kansafra 38 km south of Idleb city.