The Syrian fighter jets carried out several combat sorties over the gatherings and concentration centers of the terrorists in the villages and towns of al-Shifouniyeh, Saqba, Jesrin, Haws al-Ash'ari, Mesraya, Douma, Harasta, Ein Terma, Zmelka and Jobar, inflicting major losses on the militants.

Army troops, for their part, targeted a building in which a number of militants were hidden in Jobar in the Eastern countryside of Damascus, killing or wounding the entire militants.

In the meantime, a 13-member group of terrorists was ambushed by the army soldiers on a road connecting al-Laja to Eastern Ghouta.

All the members of the group were killed in the army's ambush operation. 

Also, Syrian Army troops and Air Force in separate attacks targeted Jeish al-Islam's bases and defense lines in Eastern Ghouta on Saturday, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

The army soldiers targeted the gatherings and bases of Jeish al-Islam in the farms near Douma city, killing a number of militants and destroying their bases and vehicles.

The Syrian warplanes targeted the movements of a group of terrorists in al-Qaboun region and Eastern Ghouta and repelled their attack on government positions in a preemptive move.

The army's artillery and missile units, for their part, targeted the gatherings of Faylaq al-Raham and Fatah al-Sham Front (the al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group previously known as the al-Nusra Front) in the Southern side of al-Qaboun region, inflicting casualties on a large number of the militants, and destroying their bases.

Fatah al-Sham and Fayalq al-Rahman retreated from the battlefield.

In the meantime, the army targeted and destroyed a workshop of Liwa Sham al-Rasoul near the town of Bebeila East of Damascus city that was used for manufacturing arms and ammunition, FNA reported.

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