Syrian Army Regains Control over Strategic Height in Latakia
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Syrian Army continued operations against the armed groups across the country, killing scores of them and destroying their weapons.
In Latakia, a military source said that army units -in cooperation with the national defense forces- regained full control over Height 724 to the north of Point 45 in the northern countryside, and inflicted heavy losses on the terrorist groups.
In Homs countryside, national military continued operations in the old city and regained control over a building near Mar Gorgeous Church, killing a number of terrorists and injuring others.
A military source told SANA that army units confronted a group of gunmen trying to attack a military checkpoint near Akiribate roundabout in Sha’ar Mountain. More than 30 terrorists were killed and 3 cars equipped with heavy machineguns were destroyed, claiming all the terrorists inside.
Units of the armed forces also targeted a group of mercenaries near Dar al-Saadeh in al-Sean and destroyed 2 cars equipped with heavy machineguns on Deir foul.
In Aleppo, units of the armed forces foiled terrorists' attempts towards al-Khudr and Saad Mosques into Salah Eddin area in Aleppo city, killing and injuring a number of their members.
Army also destroyed a terrorists' den while a group of gunmen was hiding inside it in Daret Ezza in Aleppo countryside.
SANA also reported that units of the armed forces targeted militants gathering in the old city of Aleppo, Alliramoun, Saif al-Daoula, al-Kalaseh, al-Rashideen, al-Sheikh Said and al-Mansourah, and killed a number of them.
It added that terrorists in Rasem al-Abboud, Jadideh, Kwairis, Erbid, Ezaz, Tal Refaat, Babis and als oaround the Central Prison in Aleppo countryside were targeted along with a number of cars in Haritan, to the north of Daret Ezzqah in Fah area in Aleppo countryside.
