The Syrian army also repelled terrorists' attempt to sneak into the old neighborhoods of Aleppo, killing and injuring scores of them, and destroying their weaponry and ammunition, a source close to the Syrian army said.
The source pointed out that other army units eliminated a number of terrorists in the villages and towns of Arbid, Kwaire, Rasm al-Aboud, Azan, Tal Jbeen, al-Bab, Andan, Huritan, Bianoun and the area surrounding the central prison of Aleppo, in addition to destroying many vehicles along with their loads of weaponry and ammunition.
The Syrian army also killed members of an armed terrorist group from the so-called ''Ahrar Sawran Military Wing" in Hama countryside, among them the group's leaders, Mahmoud Adib Hassani, Hamed Abdul-Rahman Yassin, Anas al-Shiekh Omar al-Bakkour, Amin Mustafa, Abdul-Rahman al-Darraj and Karam yaser al-Sheikh.
In Homs countryside, the army units clashed with terrorists in many areas in al-Houla and Talbeseh, killing and injuring scores of them and destroying their weaponry and equipment.
Army units set an ambush for terrorists near the town of Nahlia in Idleb countryside, injuring a number of terrorists, killing others including Ahmad Saleh al-Na'es, and destroying their weapons and equipment.
An entire terrorist group was wiped out near the town of Bannesh, including its leader Asaad al-Asaad, while an army unit targeted insurgent staging areas and hideouts in the towns of Kafrlata and Bannesh, leaving the terrorists dead or injured and destroying their vehicles.
Syrian Army units further destroyed a terrorist hideout along with the weapons and ammo inside it on the road between al-Harak and al-Karak in Daraa’s eastern countryside, while another unit pursued a terrorist group on the road to Deir al-Addas in the northern countryside, eliminating two of its members.
The army also eliminated a number of terrorists and injured others near al-Masri roundabout in Adra al-Balad, destroying their weapons and equipment.
Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since 2011. According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies -- especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey -- are supporting the militants operating inside the country.
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