Syria Army Recaptures 3 Areas near Damascus, Inflicts Losses on Terrorists in Homs, Deir Ez-Zor
DAMASCUS (Tasnim) – Syria’s army and its allies stepped up their attacks against Takfiri terrorists in the outskirts of Damascus, managing to wrest control of three neighborhoods in the Syrian capital.
According to Tasnim dispatches, Syrian forces late on Saturday established control over the areas of the Third Battalion and al-Kassarat al-Sharqiyeh and al-Kassarat al-Gharbiyeh near al-Seen airport in Damascus countryside.
Large groups of Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists were killed and injured in the operations.
Separately, the Syrian government forces targeted the positions of the Takfiri Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, in the areas of Deir Foul, Kfarlaha, Tal Dahab and Tal Dao in the central province of Homs, destroying their arms depots and vehicles.
Additionally, the army troops continued to make advances against the Daesh militants in southern edges of Deir ez-Zor, claiming the lives of dozens of them in al-Jafra village in the eastern countryside of the western province.
Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with various terrorist groups, including Daesh, currently controlling parts of it.
According to a report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research, the conflict has claimed the lives of over 470,000 people, injured 1.9 million others, and displaced nearly half of the country’s pre-war population of about 23 million within or beyond its borders.