Stability and calm restored in Syria’s al-Rastan as life in city returns to normal

Stability and calm have been restored in al-Rastan and life in the city has returned to normal after law enforcement personnel, backed by army units, entered the city and encountered the terrorist armed groups who terrorized citizens, attacked law enforcement and army forces and citizens, placed barriers on the roads, blocked main streets and isolated the city from its surroundings.

According to Syria’s official news agency SANA, law enforcement and army forces could achieve a qualitative mission, killing a big number of terrorists, arresting many of them and confiscating a big amount of weapons and ammunition that were used by the terrorist groups.

People of al-Rastan welcomed the entrance of the army forces that put an end to the chaos and crimes committed by the terrorist armed groups, SANA said.

Meanwhile, the news agency reported that members of an armed terrorist group killed on Saturday four citizens in al-Qadam neighborhood in the capital Damascus in an attempt to terrorize the inhabitants.

Police sources said the gunmen opened fire randomly, immediately killing Amin al-Masri, Abdul-Wahab al-Masri, Abdul-Muneim Ramadan and Hannoush al-Khudr and injuring a child who was near the place. The sources added that the gunmen perpetrated their crime inside a popular neighborhood, took a side road and managed to flee away among the alleys and keep themselves out of sight, taking advantage of the inhabitants' panic and fear of firing.