[ALMANAR.LB] The Syrian Air Force and the Russian Air Force continued launching strikes against terrorist targets in various areas, destroying command centers and vehicles for the terrorist organizations.Damascus countryside
An army unit carried out concentrated operations against the dens of terrorist organizations in Maraj al-Sultan axis deep into Eastern Ghouta, establishing control over new areas in parallel with the advance of an army unit in the western part of Maraj al-Sultan village in Damascus Countryside.
The operations also targeted terrorists' fortified positions and centers in Jisrin and Kafr Batna villages, killing at least 4 snuffies including Khaled Makawi and Hasan al-Khatib.
In Douma area, field sources said that an army unit targeted points of Jaish al-Islam
...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful...in Alyia Farms, al-Hajaria, Karm al-Rasas and al-Makasir Road, killing at least 7 snuffies including Suhaib Anjila, Subhi al-Mashout and Tawfik al-Hansh.
The sources added that army's operations against terrorists' hideouts in Erbin town resulted in the death of Mohammed Zaghloul, Ehsan Krnba and Moaid Arbina in addition to the destruction of their vehicles with all the weapons and ammunition inside.
Terrorist organizations acknowledged on their pages on social media sites the death of the leader of a terrorist group affiliated to the "Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union", the terrorist Salaheddin al-Slik and the terrorist Mahmoud al-Klas, a prominent sniper of Jaish al-Islam along with 4 other terrorists.
Hama/Idleb
At least 55 snuffies from ISIL and the so-called Jaish "al-Islam" terrorist organizations were killed in the army operations and Syrian and Russian
The Syrian and Russian air forces targeted positions of snuffies in Kafr Zeita, 35 km north of Hama city, killing 17 of them and destroying one of their command centers, a military source told SANA on Sunday.
An anti-tank missile launching pad was destroyed to the west of al-Dahret al-Aliyeh and a center and two vehicles for the so-called Jund al-Aqsa snuffies was destroyed in al-Latamneh and 10 bad boyz were potted in the
Gatherings of al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front snuffies were eliminated in Lahaya al-Sharqiyeh village in the northern countryside of Hama province.
Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact...
field sources confirmed the death of the terrorist Abdul Kareem al-Zein, along with a number of his group were killed in artillery firing on their movements in the vicinity of al-Latamneh town.
In the eastern countryside of Hama, several positions and vehicles for ISIL were destroyed in Syrian
Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact...
in Idleb countryside, al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations suffered heavy losses in Syrian and Russia
Army units targeted gatherings of snuffies in al-Bsheiriyeh village and Jisr al-Shughour city, killing 7 snuffies from Chechnya and Uzbekistan.
A leader within al-Nusra named Ahmad Khaled al-Anan and ten members of his group were also killed in the operations, according to field Sources.
The sources confirmed that two vehicles loaded with arms and ammunition were destroyed in army operations in al-Hbeit village and that 11 bad boyz were potted, including the leader within "Ahrar al-Sham
...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014...
Movement" who is named Mohammad Abdul Rahman Khattab.
Aleppo
The army's air force launched over the past 24 hours
Gatherings of snuffies and centers with vehicles equipped with machine guns were hit in the
In the same countryside, the army units continued operations against ISIL sites and hideouts in the villages of Rasm al-Abd, Rasm al-Kama, Huweijineh, Sharbae, Qseir al-Ward, Ein al-Beida, Rasm al-Alam, Jib al-Safa, Shweilikh and Tal Ayoub.
Positions and vehicles for al-Nusra were hit in the villages and towns of Rasm Sahrij, Jarrouf, Kafr Haddad, Zityat, al-Mkahaleh and al-Zirbeh in Aleppo southern countryside and in al-Mansoura village in the western countryside.
The army operations also targeted terrorists' hideouts and fortified sites in al-Ziyareh and Khalediyeh villages in the northern countryside.
Army units targeted gatherings of snuffies and destroyed their hideouts in the vicinity of al-Nairab airport on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo city.
In Aleppo city, terrorist sites were targeted in the neighborhoods of al-Sheikh Mqsoud, al-Lairamoun, al-Rashidin and Bani Zaid.
Homs
The Syrian Air Force carried out air strikes against dens and positions of ISIL snuffies in al-Qariyatain city 85 kilometers to the southeast of Homs.
A military source said in a statement to SANA that the air strikes targeted terrorists' hotbeds and dens, inflicting heavy losses upon snuffies in personnel, munitions and vehicles, some of which equipped with machine guns.
Daraa
An army unit established control over some building blocks to the south west of al-Manshiyeh neighborhood in Daraa al-Balad after eliminating al-Nusra snuffies who were fortified inside it.
An army unit carried out an accurate operation which ended by establishing control over 14 buildings to the south west of al-Manshiyeh neighborhood in Daraa al-Balad.
A number of al-Nusra Front (Qaeda branch in the Levant) snuffies and other terrorist organizations were killed along with their arms and ammunition which were destroyed during the operation.
The army inflicted a new defeat upon terrorist organizations in Daraa countryside, the latest of which was on the outskirts of Jediyeh town 65 kilometers to the north west of Daraa city.
Terrorist organizations tried to storm the town from many directions, but the Syrian army defeated them and killed a number of snuffies while others fled away, leaving the bodies of their dead, arms and munitions behind.
Field commanders of army units asserted that this was the fifth attack that targeted the town during 2015, noting that heroes of the army always achieved victory and defended the town which is the first defense line of the area and the international highway.
Field commanders said that the Israeli occupation hands were clear in this terrorist attack since snuffies infiltrated from the axis of al-Jdeireh , and Salmeen- Zamreen axis, Salmeen- Inkhel axis to the surroundings of the town under a cover of fire from al-Mal hill and Tal al-Harra area eight kilometers far from the town where al-Nusra snuffies are fortified and work with direct coordination of the Israeli entity.
Terrorists tried to make gaps in the advanced defenses of the army by intensively the use of rocket launchers, but the army foiled the attacks and inflicted heavy losses upon terrorists.
Defeated terrorist organizations acknowledged on their social media pages scores of names of their dead.
The terrorist attack on Jediyeh town coincided with firing scores of shells on Qeita village near the town causing material damage to buildings and properties and killing a number of locals, according to local sources in the village.
Terrorist groups affiliated to al-Nusra are active in the villages near Jediyeh town including the so-called Mujahidee Huran, al-Fateh al-Mubeen brigade, Usod al-Islam brigade, Tawheed Kaataeb Huran brigade, al-Murabiteen brigade and Jaidour Huran brigade.