Some western media outlets on Monday reported that the terrorist groups had entered Al-Sheikh Maskin and Nawa towns in Daraa province.
"The reports by some western media outlets that the terrorist groups had captured Nawa and Al-Sheikh Al-Maskin are not true and the Syrian troops have thwarted the attempt by the militants to seize the towns," a Syrian military source told FNA on Tuesday.
The military source noted that the foreign-backed terrorists tried to capture the towns, but the Syrian army thwarted their attempts.
Also in the past 24 hours, the Syrian army struck a heavy blow at the rebels in the areas of al-Rastan, al-Zara, Khatab, al-Mshairfeh and al-Wadihi in Homs, leaving a large number of them dead and wounded.
Elsewhere, the foreign-backed insurgents suffered major losses in Maardabsa, Dadykh, al-Habit, Maaret al-Numan, Basrajah, Koren, al-Arbaeen, Sarmin, Kaminas, Selon and al-Sheikh districts in the countryside of Idlib, and claimed the lives of too many of them.
Meantime, the Syrian army made fresh advances in fighting with foreign-backed Takfiri insurgents in nearby areas of Aleppo province.
The army soldiers stormed the hideouts of the militants in the areas of Haddadin, Aleppo, al-Bab, al-Atareb and Saraqeb in Aleppo province, killing and injuring scores of them.