Syria’s Lonely Battle

This Week: Syria’s Lonely Battle

Posted by Veterans Today on May 15, 2015

Military estimates show the fall of militancy in Syria is not far.

Scores of Nusra Terrorists Killed, Wounded in Syrian Army Operations in Dara'a

Units of the Army and the armed forces on Thursday carried out more military operations against the foreign-backed Takfiri organizations across the country, destroying their dens and hideouts and killing scores of their members.

Idleb

Army personnel defending the National Hospital of Jisr al-Shughour in Idleb countryside destroyed today morning a large refrigerator truck loaded with huge amounts of explosives before reaching the wall of the hospital, killing scores of terrorists who were near the vehicle, a military source told SANA Thursday.

Homs

Units of the army and armed forces killed terrorists of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the vicinity of Palmyra and al-Sekhneh cities and Rahoum village in the eastern countryside of Homs province.

Daraa

An army unit carried out a number of operations against gatherings of Takfiri terrorist organizations in al-Karak neighborhood, al-Jumrouk al-Qadim and the area surrounding Abu Bakir and Bir al-Shaiyyah in Daraa al-Balad in southern Daraa province.

A number of terrorists’ vehicles were destroyed in the operations and scores of terrorists were killed and others were injured, mostly from Jabhat al-Nusra and the so-called Tawhid al-Janoub Brigade, Mujahidi Horan Brigades and Madfa’aet Sijil Brigade.

An army unit also thwarted an attack by Jabhat al- Nusra terrorists against a military post in al-Hirak city in the northeastern countryside of Daraa, killing many them and injuring others, in addition to destroying their arms and ammunition.

Quneitra

In Quneitra western countryside, an army unit destroyed a number of the terrorist organizations’ vehicles and their supply routes, killing scores of terrorists in al- Hamidiya village

Hasaka

Units of the army and armed forces directed intensive blows against gatherings of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ISIS terrorist organization in the western countryside of Hasaka province. A source in the province told SANA reporterthat an army unit working in al- Siddiq roundabout carried out an operation against

ISIS dens and hideouts in Um al-Kebar village on the road between al-Siddiq roundabout and Abdul-Aziz mountain road, 30 km to the west of Hasaka city. The source added that a number of ISIS terrorists were killed in the operation and their vehicles and ammunition destroyed.

The Syrian government forces, in a fresh round of operations on Friday, stormed the al-Nusra Front’s concentration centers in the Southern province of Dara’a and pushed them back from their positions, provincial sources said.

The sources told the FNA that strongholds of al-Nusra Front in al-Ghariyeh al-Gharbiyeh, Kafar Shams and Mhajjeh in the countryside of Dara’a province, were massively pounded by the Syrian army men, who pushed the fighter back from their frontline and killed scores of them.

On Tuesday, the Syrian Army, along with popular forces, pushed back the militant groups from some of the battlefields in Dara’a, and killed or wounded tens of the fighters. The sources said that an arms depot of rebels was targeted by the Syrian army in al-Faqei town in the Northern countryside of Dara’a.

In the meantime, the insurgents’ centers in al-Minshia area in Dara’a al-Balad were raided by the army men, whose operation forced the rebels to retreat from the fighting area.

The surrounding areas near the Camp’s school complex in Dara’a countryside was also the scene of heavy clashes between the army men and the militant groups, who left dozens of killed and wounded behind and retreated to new positions.

The Syrian Army and government have defended their country against insurgents since 2011 when a huge number of foreign terrorists flocked to the Middle-Eastern country. In spite of certain western states’ military and financial supports for the militants, the Syrian troops have been able to push them back from many areas across the country.

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