(SANA) - An armed terrorist group on Tuesday assassinated Dr. Adbul-Baset Arja at al-Kura al-Ardyyah Roundabout in Aleppo....For centuries, Aleppo was Greater Syria's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third, after Constantinople and Cairo. Although relatively close to Damascus in distance, Aleppans regard Damascenes as country cousins...
A source at the province told SANA that the armed terrorist group monitored Dr. Arja and shot up his car, Dr. Arja was hospitalized and martyred at the hospital.
Infiltration Attempts of Terrorists Coming from Leb Foiled
Authorities and border guards have foiled infiltration attempts by armed terrorist groups coming from Leb into Syria from several locations in Talkalkh, Homs countryside. Huge losses were reported among the terrorists.
SANA correspondent quoted a source at the province as saying that the terrorist groups opened fire on the sites of border guards on the Syrian side in Jisr Qumar, Jisr Abo Swaid, Harmoush crossings, al-Armouta, al-Arida, Noura, and al-Dalia and tried, several times, to infiltrate to the Syrian territories by several (SUV) cars equipped with machine-guns.
The source added that the clash resulted in the killing and injury of a number of terrorists. One person of the competent authorities was maimed.
Authorities Arrest Two Terrorists, Disable Four IEDs, Prevent Border Infiltration Attempt in Idleb Countryside
The authorities chased down a terrorist group which had opened fire on a food transport belonging to law-enforcement forces in Jisr al-Shughour area in Idleb countryside.
After returning fire, the authorities chased the terrorist and managed to arrest two of them: Ammar al-Ammoura and Mohammad al-Gharib, and confiscated their weapons.
On a relevant note, engineering units disabled four improvised bombs (IEDs) planted by gunnies on the Jisr al-Shughour-Darkoush road. The IEDs ranged in weight from 40 to 50 kilograms and were rigged for remote detonation.
Authorities in Idleb also managed to prevent an attempt by an armed terrorist group which tried to infiltrate the Syrian borders and enter Syria from Turkey at Khirbet al-Hoz area in Jisr al-Shughour.
The authorities clashed with the gang, injuring some of its members and confiscating their weapons.
Farmer Martyred, Three Citizens Injured by Terrorists' Gunfire in Lattakia
Farmer Mufeed Mohammad Badour was martyred while three citizens, including a mother and her daughter, were maimed in an attack by a number of gunnies on their fields in al-Balateh and al-Kharateh villages in al-Haffeh in Lattakia countryside.
A source in the province told SANA news hound that the authorities clashed with the terrorists, killed many of them, injured others and seized their weapons.
Authorities Confront attack by gunnies in al-Qseir, Homs
The competent authorities confronted an attack by armed terrorist groups on a number of law enforcement checkpoints near al-Qseir in Homs.
SANA news hound quoted a source in Homs as saying that the authorities clashed with the gunnies, destroying a Doshka vehicle used by the gunnies in the attack, and killing a number of them.