Syrian Army Starts Intensive Campaign in Rankous, Kills Scores of Terrorists
Local EditorThe Syrian army started an intensive attack against
the terrorist groups in the town of Rankous in Qalmoun, controlling al-Eskan neighborhood, according to Al-Manar reporter.Army units established full control over the Radar Hill and other vantage points overlooking the town of Rankous in the northern Damascus Countryside.
SANA's field correspondent said that a number of terrorists from the "Islam Army" were killed and others were injured and their weapons were destroyed at the western entrance of the town of al-Mleiha, while other terrorists were killed in an army operation in Ein Tarma, among them Ghadanfar al-Ali and Hassan Abu Aisha.
The army also carried out operations in Douma area which resulted in destroying large amounts of terrorists' weapons and ammo and the elimination of terrorists in Aliya farms, among them Firas al-Kahlous and Bilal Ja'arash.An army unit pursued terrorists in Jobar area, eliminating a number of them including Samir Ataya, while another unit carried out an operation targeting a hideout belonging to the "Islamic Front" in Adra area, destroying their weapons and ammo and eliminating a number of them including Samer Shihadeh.
A terrorist gathering was destroyed in al-Zabadani plain along with the weapons and equipment inside it, in addition to the elimination of several terrorists from the "Islam Army" including Radwan al-Maghrebi.
Other army units continued pursuing terrorists in the town of Daraya, killing a number of them including Abdullah al-Jarad.
A military source told SANA that units of the armed forces and the national defense regained full control over al-Haramiyeh mountain to the south of al-Naser mountain in the northern countryside of Lattakia.
A military source told SANA that army units eliminated armed terrorist groups in the villages of Etman, al-Na’imeh and al-Wardat in Daraa countryside, among them a sniper.
The army units also destroyed a terrorist’s hideout with all the terrorists inside it to the south of al-Masri roundabout in Daraa al-Balad.
A military source told SANA that units of the armed forces inflicted heavy losses upon terrorists in the neighborhoods of al-Jandol and al-Ameriyeh in Aleppo and destroyed a number of cars equipped with heavy machineguns.
The source added that army units targeted terrorists’ gatherings surrounding Aleppo Central Prison, the industrial city, al-Atareb, al-Mislmiyeh, Handarat, Hiritan, Khan al-Assal, Daret Azzah, Khan Touman, al-Braij and Bahret al-Shurfeh in Aleppo countryside, killing and injuring a number of terrorists.
Source: Agencies | 08-04-2014 - 19:18 Last updated 08-04-2014 |