The Syrian army established control over a number of mountains and strategic hills in the southeastern countryside of Homs province.

The Syrian army established control over a number of mountains and strategic hills in the southeastern countryside of Homs province.

Sources on the ground explained to SANA that the army units, aided by supporting forces, established control over each of the heights of Heit, Rashid, Rawasi al-Tawal, Kurdi and Rawabi al-Tahin, in addition to Jbeil Mountain that overlooks al-Qaryatain city.

Taking control of these heights followed fierce clashes with ISIL  terrorists that ended up in eliminating all of their hideouts and killing dozens of them, according to the sources.

The remaining terrorists fled eastward into al-Badiya (desert), the sources said.

Later, the army engineering units dismantled and removed all the mines and explosive devices which the terrorists had planted to hinder the army’s advance in the area.

More ISIL terrorists were killed and had a tank of theirs destroyed in clashes with the army units on the direction of Rawabi al-Tahin and Mahasseh to the south of Mhein town.

In the meantime, media stressed that Taha al-Dandashi, an ISIL terrorist who is nicknamed Abu Mohammad of Lebanon, was killed during army operations in the surroundings of Tadmur (Palmyra) city.

Deir Ezzor

A guided missile fired by an army unit targeted ISIL terrorists at al-Taim oil field site in southern Deir Ezzor.

According to source on the ground, the missile destroyed a bulldozer while involved in setting up barriers and fortifications near the Electricity Company in the area.

Another army unit hit a gathering of ISIS terrorists, destroying one of their vehicles, in al-Bugheiliyeh village, northwest of Deir Ezzor city.

The Russian air raids claimed ISIL commander in Raqqa Ali al-Shawakh, battlefield sources told Al-Manar.