The army on Saturday went ahead in its war against terrorist organizations, establishing full control on new areas in Aleppo and Lattakia main cities.
A military source told SANA that army units established full control over the village of Nasrallah in Deir Hafer area in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province after eliminating the latest site of ISIS terrorist organization in Iraq and Syria.
The source added that an army unit targeted the ISIS gatherings positioned in the village of Nasrallah, northeast of Kwairis Airport, about 45 km of Aleppo city.
The army established full control over the village, while the engineering units combed the area completely and dismantled dozens of explosive devices and mines planted by the ISIS terrorists in the houses and farming lands.
Meanwhile, the army also established full control over new areas in Kinsaba in the northeastern countryside of the coastal Lattakia province after killing a number of terrorists and destroying their weapons.
Army units , in cooperation with the popular defense groups, also established full control over Rwaisat al-Hamidah, and Katef al-Zayara villages in Kansaba, about 49th km northeast of Lattakia city.
A number of terrorists were killed and others fled to the neighboring mountains and forests, while the army units pursued them, inflicting heavy losses upon them in equipment, according to the source.
Self-claimed Emir of Jabhat al-Nusra in Southern area killed in Daraa
The self-claimed Emir of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization in the southern region nicknamed as Abu Jleibib al-Ordoni was killed in a detonation of an explosive device in the eastern countryside of the southern Daraa province.
Civil and media sources said that “the security general official and Emir of Damascus and Horan in the terrorist organization of Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda branch in the Levant the Jordanian terrorist nicknamed Abu Jleibib was killed on Saida-Kahil road in Daraa province after an explosive device went off, leaving him dead and destroying his car.”
The terrorist organization websites reported that terrorist Iyad al-Toubasi, nicknamed as Abu Jleibib, is one of the first coordinators of the terrorist attacks against the Syrian State’s institutions since 2011 and was appointed by the head of al-Qaeda terrorist organization Ayman al-Zawahiri as “Emir of South Syria by the end of 2012; SANA reported.
Syrian Army launches operation to free Palmyra in Homs
Assisted by Russian forces, the Syrian Air Force has launched airstrikes at terrorist strongholds close to Palmyra ahead of an operation to free the world-famous ancient ruins; Fars News Agency reported.
The Russian aircraft "pounded the defense lines of the ISIL terrorist group around Palmyra on Tuesday morning in preparation for a large-scale attack to take back the ancient city."
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