{"id":66071,"date":"2016-01-09T17:15:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=66071"},"modified":"2016-01-11T09:48:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T07:48:53","slug":"more-than-17-terrorists-killed-in-hama-and-idleb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=66071","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Army establishes control over more areas in Lattakia&#8217;s northern countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Provinces, SANA-The army units killed more\u00a0terrorists and destroyed their dens and equipment in different cities and areas around the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Lattakia<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A military source announced on Saturday that the army units and popular defense groups established\u00a0control over a number of villages and hills in the northern countryside of Lattakia.<\/p>\n<p>Those included Rweiset al-Qamoua village and surrounding hills, the villages of al-Mgheiriyeh, Hawsh al-Mgheiriyeh, Rweiset Bani Jazi and Kedin and Point 1014, the source told SANA.<\/p>\n<p>The operations in those areas, which were &#8220;intensified&#8221; as the source described, left many terrorists dead and<br \/>\nseveral vehicles destroyed, along with various types of munitions and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of the rough and mountainous geography of this countryside, the army units, aided by the popular defense<br \/>\ngroups, have made quick advances, assuming in the past two days control of Khirbet al-Joubeh Hill, Point 1023, al-<br \/>\nTakhan land, al-Hara Mount, Beit Fares Mount, the villages of al-Sarraf and Beit Fares, al-Daghdaghan farm and<br \/>\nRweiset Abu Ghannam and Rweiset al-Sheikh Salman areas.<\/p>\n<p>Through its operations in those areas, the army has managed to cut off some of the terrorists&#8217; supply routes across<br \/>\nthe Turkish border, and its units have stepped up efforts to expand the scope of their control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Idleb\/Hama\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At least 25 terrorists from ISIS and Jaish al-Fateh terrorist organizations were killed during operations by the Syrian Arab Army and the Syrian Air Force in Hama and Idleb countryside.<\/p>\n<p>A military source said in a statement to SANA that the Air Force carried out sorties against the Jaish al-Fateh terrorists, destroying two vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns and killing at least 8 terrorists in Saraqeb and Maardabseh 26 km southeast of Idleb city.<\/p>\n<p>Airstrikes also destroyed a workshop for making explosive shells and killed a number of terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra in Ma\u2019arat al-Numan 42 km south of Idleb.<\/p>\n<p>In Hama province, army units targeted dens of Jund al-Aqsa and Ahrar al-Cham movement in Tal Waset , Qarqour, and al-Mansoura villages in the northern countryside, which resulted in destroying positions and fortifications of terrorists and vehicles, some of which equipped with heavy machineguns.<\/p>\n<p>Terrorists from al-Izza gathering fell dead during an operation by the army that targeted one of their positions in Kafar Zeta 38 km north of Hama.<\/p>\n<p>Three terrorists from the &#8220;Jund al-Aqsa&#8221; terror group which is affiliated to ISIS were killed during a special operation by an army unit in Morek 30 km north of Hama.<\/p>\n<p>In the far northwestern part of al-Ghab plain, an army unit killed 6 terrorists from Jaish al-Fateh during operations against their dens in al-Sermaniyeh town, according to field sources.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Aleppo<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The army units directly hit terrorist targets in several neighborhoods in Aleppo city, killing many terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra and other Takfiri organizations, according to the\u00a0source.<\/p>\n<p>The source\u00a0said\u00a0the operations targeted terrorists&#8217; hideouts in al-Rashidin, al-Lairamoun, Bani Zaid, Karm al-Jazmati and al-Zahraa.<\/p>\n<p>A number of mortar launchers were destroyed as a result of the operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Daraa\/Sweida<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In southern Syria, Army units targeted gatherings of terrorists in Daraa al-Mahatta neighborhood in Daraa<br \/>\nprovince.<\/p>\n<p>A number of terrorists were killed in the areas east of the Doctors Syndicate, south of Bosra Square and south of<br \/>\nZanoubia school in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Another army unit destroyed vehicles of terrorists in the southwestern part of al-Manshiyeh neighborhood in Daraa<br \/>\nal-Balad, located near the Jordanian border.<\/p>\n<p>The terrorist organizations acknowledged on their social media pages the death of a number of their<br \/>\nmembers, including Hussein al-Hashish from the so-called &#8220;Jamaat Bait al-Maqdes&#8221; and the terrorist Mohammad Sakhr Muhareb.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the northeastern countryside of Sweida, an army unit targeted dens and fortifications of ISIS<br \/>\nterrorists southwest of al-Qasr village, 40 km to the northeast of Sweida city.<\/p>\n<p>A number of terrorists were killed and others were injured, while their arms and ammunition were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Damascus Countryside<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Army units continued to advance in the northwestern side of Marj al-Sultan town in the Eastern Ghouta area of Damascus Countryside, sources on the ground told SANA&#8217;s correspondent.<\/p>\n<p>The sources said that the army carried out intensive operations which resulted in establishing control over a number of farms and blocks of buildings in the direction of Hosh Kharabo, in addition to killing 4 terrorists including Yousef Bekdash and Mohsen Ballo.<\/p>\n<p>According to the sources, the army destroyed a mortar launcher and bases for Jabhat al-Nusra and Jaish al-Islam terrorist organizations near the roundabout of al-Bilaliya village east of Marj al-Sultan, in addition to killing 8 terrorists including Ziyad Abdellatif al-Dali, Firas Arnous, and Fouad Saqraq.<\/p>\n<p>Another army unit carried out concentrated artillery strikes on a base of terrorists in the town of Zebdin, destroying it completely and killing terrorists Ahmad al-Lababidi and Hassan Zeno.<\/p>\n<p>At the outskirts of Douma city, army units carried out operations in the farms of Karm al-Rasas, al-Hajjariya, and Abdelraouf, which resulted in destroying a machinegun-equipped car used by Jaish al-Islam terrorists and killing 8 of them including Fawaz al-Namleh, Msallam Mshamshem, and Nidal al-Tawil, while another unit clashed with a terrorist group attempting to sneak towards the farms of Tal al-Sawwan and Hosh al-Fara northeast of Douma, leaving all the group&#8217;s members dead or injured.<\/p>\n<p>Four more terrorists including Ali al-Najjar and Ahmad al-Furqawi were killed in an army operation targeting a terrorist hideout northwest of Madira village south of Douma.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">English Bulletin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provinces, SANA-The army units killed more\u00a0terrorists and destroyed their dens and equipment in different cities and areas around the country. Lattakia A military source announced on Saturday that the army units and popular defense groups established\u00a0control over a number of villages and hills in the northern countryside of Lattakia. 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