According to Al-Alam reporter, on Wednesday morning army soldiers entered Beit Sahm and Sidi Miqdad districts located at the south eastern side of the governorate, near the road to Damascus Airport.

The area is a strategic location for militant groups due to its closeness to the airport and main supply routes to the capital.

Army has engaged in many operations against terrorist groups, including al-Nusra Front, throughout the governorate since the start of the crisis in 2011.

The army’s strategy is aimed at isolating militant-held areas by surrounding them and closing all supply route used for sending arms to them.

Heavy fighting still continues in the western town of al-Qusayr in the Homs province.

Many parts of the town have already been cleared of militants and clashes in the past days have been concentrated around the northern parts of the town as well as the neighboring al-Hamidiyeh district and al-Daba’a Airport.

Syrian soldiers, backed by volunteer civilian fighters, are pushing forward with their fight against Western-backed terrorist gangs and militant groups throughout the war-torn country.

With the government struggling with the two-year-old bloody insurgency, the US, Israel and their Western allies are threatening to arm militants if President Assad does not leave.

In the face of efforts to find a political solution to the crisis, the European Union agreed on Tuesday to lift its embargo against arming insurgents in a bid to prop up militants in the face of the Syrian army's advances.

Western countries have already been supplying insurgents with what they call “non-lethal” equipment but the new decision marks a turning point in EU's support of the militants.

Extremist groups have swelled the ranks of insurgents in Syria and EU’s decision to arm them is expected to lead to further insecurity which may come to haunt the West on their own doorsteps.