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Syrian Forces Repel Militant Assault on Quneitra, Kill Nusra Commander
Syrian army soldiers, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, managed to thwart an offensive by terrorists on a region in the country’s strategic southwestern province of Quneitra, killing an Al-Nusra field commander.The Syrian Defense Ministry said that Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly known as al-Nusra Front) terrorists launched an attack against the Tal Ahmar area of Quneitra, situated some 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of the capital, Damascus, on Saturday, prompting a fierce gun battle with Syrian soldiers and fighters from popular defense groups. One of Al-Nusra terrorists’ field commanders was killed by Syrian army artillery fire in the northern district of Al-Quneitra. Scores of terrorists were also killed and injured in the fighting, and a considerable amount of their munitions destroyed. Israeli military aircraft later carried out a number of airstrikes against Tal Ahmar in the wake of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham’s defeat. Meanwhile, seven Israeli ambulances carried the wounded militants away from Jubata al-Khashab Village in southern Syria to a field hospital inside the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories to treat them, local media reports said. There are also reports that Syrian army soldiers have lobbed a barrage of mortar shells at militant positions inside Turnejeh and Jubata al-Khashab villages, leaving seven terrorists dead. Posted by: badanov 2016-09-12 |
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