The army on Saturday advanced in many areas of Syrian cities, establishing full control over new strategic areas and hills in Lattakia northern countryside.

The army on Saturday advanced in many areas of Syrian cities, establishing full control over new strategic areas and hills in Lattakia northern countryside.

Lattakia

Army units, in cooperation with the popular defense groups, established control over the hills overlooking al-Sarraf village in the northern countryside of Lattakia, a military source announced on Saturday.

The Points 489, 465 and 547 that overlook al-Durreh axis and al-Sarraf crossing also came under the army’s control.

The source told SANA that the army units later combed the areas and dismantled explosive devices planted by the terrorist organizations.

Many of the terrorists were killed during the army operations, which the source said were “intensive”, while others ran away.

Later on the day,  an army unit and the popular defense groups established control over the villages of al-Mreij, al-Kart al-Fouqani and al-Kart al-Tahtani and a number of strategic hills in the same countryside.

Deir Ezzor  

Field sources in the eastern Deir Ezzor province told SANA that a unit of the army destroyed an armored vehicle filled with huge quantities of explosives for ISIL before reaching one of the military points in the surrounding of Ayash village in the province’s western countryside.

Meanwhile, another army unit confronted a number of ISIL terrorists who have infiltrated into al-Baghiliah village, inflicting them heavy losses and killed many of them.

Daraa

The army carried out a special operation against terrorists of al-Nusra Front (Qaeda branch in the Levant), destroying their gatherings to the south of Busra square and in al-Abassiya and al-Karck in Daraa al-Mahata.

Meanwhile, terrorist organizations have acknowledged on their websites the killing of a number of terrorists, among them Muhanad Jamal al-Hussein.

Suwaida

An army unit targeted positions of ISIL terrorists in the northeastern countryside of the southern Suwaida province.

A number of ISIL centers and depots containing amounts of weapons and ammunition were destroyed in Ashayhib village.

Aleppo

The Syrian army and allies managed on Saturday to regain control over al-Ajozeyye in Aleppo eastern countryside.

The terrorist groups launched an artillery attack on the besieged town of al-Foaa in Idleb countryside, killing one local.