Army units on Saturday continued their advance against armed insurgent groups in Bab Hud neighborhood of Homs city, which left a number of the intruding militants dead and injured, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.

Further citing a military source, the report added that Syrian government troops also advanced against insurgent positions on Sheikh Said and al-Ameriyeh axis in Aleppo city, killing and injuring a good number of foreign-backed militants and destroying their vehicles.

The source added that other army units killed and injured more armed insurgents in al-Kastilo, al-Rashideen , Alliramoun, al-Sukkari and the old city of Aleppo and in the villages of Kwairis, Jadideh, Rasem al-Abboud, as well as areas surrounding the industrial city and Aleppo Central Prison.

Units of Syrian armed forces further destroyed a number of vehicles carrying weaponry for the insurgents in Azaz, al-Atareb and Khan al-Assal. Several insurgent were killed in the operation.

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