Syrian Army Retakes Industrial City of Aleppo
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Syrian army seized full control over the industrial city in Aleppo province after clearing its three blocks of the armed pockets, media reports said.
The national military also took control over Sheikh Najjar neighborhood and Ma'badiya region in northern and eastern Aleppo respectively, amid huge collapse within the militants' ranks, Lebanese Al-Manar network reported on Saturday.
Clashes renewed between armed terrorists of the so-called 'Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant' (also dubbed as ISIL) and the 'Army of Islam' groups in eastern Ghouta of Damascus countryside.
Dooma city witnesses fierce clashes between the two sides.
In the meantime, state-run SANA news agency reported that Syrian army units continued operations against terrorist groups on Friday, razing their dens in several areas and foiling their attack attempts in others.
In rural Homs, units of the armed forces killed and injured many members of armed terrorist groups in the areas of Kafrlaha, al-Serhaniyeh, Khirbet al-Tahta, Wadi Mira, al-Breij, Um Sharshouh.
The terrorists’ weapons and equipment were also destroyed.
Meanwhile, other army units thwarted an attempt by an armed terrorist group to attack Jabourin village, leaving its members dead and wounded.
The army units also targeted terrorists’ dens in al-Kahef valley in the southern countryside of al-Qseir in Homs countryside, eliminating many of them, in addition to destroying their equipment.
In rural Hama, a military source told SANA that an army unit destroyed a terrorists’ den in the northeastern countryside of the city, killing and injuring scores of them, in addition to destroying their weapons and ammunition.
In rural Daraa, the army units killed and injured a number of terrorists in Jbaib and Om Walad towns in the eastern countryside of the city, destroying a lot of terrorists’ dens in the towns of Jasim, Da’el and Enkhil in Daraa countryside.
A military source told SANA that an army unit targeted an armed terrorist group’s members to the west of Bilal al-Habashi Mosque in Daraa al-Balad, killing and injuring many of them, in addition to destroying their equipment.
In Idlib, the army units targeted terrorists’ dens and gatherings to the west of Ma’aret Masreen, Bdama, Jadraiyeh, al-Burnos, Baidar Shamo at al-Zaowiyeh mountain and to the west of Abu Dahour, inflicting heavy losses upon them.
In rural Latakia, the army units killed and injured a number of terrorists in Ein Samour Village in the northern countryside of the city, in addition to destroying a car loaded with ammunition and explosive devices.