Idleb, SANA- Syrian Arab Army units retook the center of Abu al-Dohour strategic town and the surroundings villages, including al-Jifr, al-Khfieh, and Dahret al-khalfieh height.<\/p>\n
Field commanders told SANA that after establishing control over Abu al-Dohour airport, army units have made it their goal to secure the northern flank of the airport through establishing control over the center of Abu al-Dohour town which is considered the largest strongholds for Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization in the southeastern countryside of Idleb.<\/p>\n
Al-Nusra terrorists abandoned the locals of Abu al-Dohour town and transformed it to a center for manufacturing car bombs and sending them towards the advanced army forces in Idleb countryside, so gaining control over it became a priority for the army to double security for the airport, the commanders added.<\/p>\n
The commanders said that this involved a swift operation following the victory at the airport, so pockets in the landmines set up by terrorists were cleared to provide a way into the town center, allowing for a swift advance from the southeast and southwest, leading to a quick collapse in the terrorists\u2019 defenses and the death of some of their members, including the \u201cleader of Abu al-Dohour area\u201d in Jabhat al-Nusra, a terrorist nicknamed \u201cAbu Musaab al-Souri\u201d along with three other leaders.<\/p>\n
The commanders pointed out that after establishing control over Abu al-Dohour town and the villages of al-Jifr and al-Khfieh, the army dismantled the landmines and IEDs planted by terrorists in buildings and streets.<\/p>\n
They said that establishing control over this area secures Abu al-Dohour airport and provides an area for staging preemptive offensives towards Saraqeb, the biggest al-Nusra stronghold in Idelb\u2019s eastern countryside.<\/p>\n
The commanders said that the army is currently deploying and strengthening several positions to serve as lines of protection and surveillance of the terrorists\u2019 movements in the area.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, units of the Syrian Arab Army regained six new villages in the southeastern countryside of Idleb after inflicting losses upon Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists.<\/p>\n
SANA\u2019s reporter said that army units, in cooperation with allied forces, carried out successful night raids\u00a0and engaged in fierce clashes with al-Nusra and its affiliated groups, restoring control over al-Salihia, al-Sukaria and Tawil al-Halib, al-Dahabia, al-Bragheity and Jadida in addition to the abandoned air defense battalion.<\/p>\n
Army units started\u00a0sweeping\u00a0operations to demine the liberated villages in order to strengthen military posts in them in order to expand army\u2019s operations against terrorist organizations in the neighboring area.<\/p>\n
English Bulletin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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