Army Eliminate Terrorists, Destroy Mortars, Machine-equipped Vehicles and Anti-aircraft Gun

Mar 17, 2013

PROVINCES,(SANA)- Units of the army continued to hunt the armed terrorist groups which intimidate the citizens and commit acts of robbery and killing in several areas in Idleb Countryside as a number of the terrorists' hideouts which they use in planning their operations have been destroyed.

SANA Reporter quoted a source in the province as saying that army units on Sunday destroyed a number of the terrorists' gatherings and hideouts in Binnish City, including a hideout used by the terrorists of the so-called "Jabhat al-Nusra" to plan their criminal operations. The source added that a number of the terrorists were either killed and others were injured while their vehicles which they used in the attacks against the citizens were destroyed.  Army units also targeted gatherings of the terrorists in Saraqeb, al-Nayrab, Khan al-Subol, Kafrouma, Abu Adduhor and al-Baraghithi areas as a number of them were killed including leaders of terrorist groups and others were injured.  The army also hunted the armed terrorist groups in the towns of al-Ghassanieh and al-Hassanieh and it inflicted direct losses upon them.

Terrorists Killed, Anti-aircraft Gun Destroyed in Damascus Countryside

In the same context, units of the armed forces inflicted heavy losses among the terrorists' ranks in the farms of al-Aaliya and Douma and Harasta in eastern Ghouta and destroyed their weapons and vehicles. An official source told SANA reporter that an army unit carried out a special operation al-Aliya farms, killing a number of terrorists and injuring others, while destroying a mortar and a car with the terrorists inside. The source added that other army units eliminated several terrorists near al-Jarreh roundabout in Douma, among them terrorist Mustafa Anis was identified. A 23 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun was destroyed in Harasta. Units of the armed forces has clashed with an armed terrorist group which had been attacking citizens in al-Qaboun farms as a number of the terrorists were killed and others were injured.  A source told SANA reporter that the clashes led to the death of the leader of a terrorist group Mohammad al-Khatib, nicknamed "Oqab" and terrorist Hani Abdul-Wahid.  Meanwhile, an army unit has destroyed a hideout of a terrorist group in Bassima area in Damascus Countryside, the hideout was used by the terrorists as a headquarter of the so-called " Sharia Court".  All the terrorists inside the hideout were killed.

Mortars, Machinegun-equipped Cars Destroyed in Aleppo

A unit of the armed forces targeted gatherings for terrorists in Daret Izzeh in the countryside of Aleppo, killing a number of terrorists, some are non-Syrian.

Another unit destroyed a mortar, a car equipped with a heavy machine gun and a vehicle used by terrorists near al-Hikmeh School in al-Rashidin area in the city of Aleppo.

Machinegun-equipped Cars Destroyed in Homs

Meanwhile, an army unit destroyed two cars equipped with heavy machineguns in al-Rastan area in Homs countryside, killing all the terrorists inside them.

A sourec in the province told SANA reporter that terrorist Fayez Saad Eddin was identified among the dead.

Army Units Eliminate Terrorists in Idleb Countryside

Units of the Armed Forces killed and injured terrorists in a series of operations carried out against terrorists' gatherings in the surrounding of al-Dayf valley in Idleb countryside. A military source told SANA that the Army units destroyed a car equipped with heavy machinegun along with weapons and ammunition inside it, in addition to killing all terrorists inside the car which was used in their acts of terrorism. The source added that the Army units killed12 terrorists during these operations, in addition to inflicting others heavy losses.