The Syrian army continued on Wednesday the operation in northern Daraa countryside, targeting an armed group at the Sheikh Meskin roundabouts that was fortifying inside a building.

The Syrian army continued on Wednesday the operation in northern Daraa countryside, targeting an armed group at the Sheikh Meskin roundabouts that was fortifying inside a building.

The operation left 7 gunmen killed or injured, and cannon launcher 81 destroyed.

At least eight other gunmen were killed by direct artillery fire and guided missiles fired at two cars of the armed groups on the road Ibta' Sheikh Meskin in northern rural Daraa.

SANA reported that terrorists are fleeing en masse from Sheikh Meskin after a number of their leaders were killed, while the army cut off all supply routes for terrorist organizations.

Earlier Tuesday, Army units established control over Tal al-Hash and the 82nd brigade camp in the vicinity of Sheikh Meskin town, 22 km north of Daraa city.

Terrorist organizations acknowledged on their social media pages the killing of the so-called “commander of Liwa Jund al-Rahman” terrorist Youssef Abdullah al-Ammar, and another commander nicknamed Abu al-Majed.

Meanwhile, local sources affirmed the killing of head of Al-Nusra front operations in Sheikh Meskin city terrorist Abu Mohammad Hafez.

The Syrian army launched in May 2013 a wide scale military offensive against the armed groups and takfiri organizations operating in the country.