(FNA) -- The army men exchanged heavy fire with a group of terrorists after militants violated the de-escalation zone's ceasefire agreement in Tal Hadadah East of the town of Kinsibba in Northern Lattakia.

The army men warded off the attack and killed all the gunmen of the terrorist group.  

In relevant developments in the province last month the army men engaged in fierce clashes with terrorists in Atriyeh and al-Saraf near the border with Turkey and repelled their attack after killing a number of them.

Also, the army's artillery units shelled heavily terrorists' positions and movements in Jabal (mount) al-Shir and in the village of Nawareh near the border with Turkey.

A field sources said that terrorists have launched the attacks, codenamed "God Will Defeat Them By Your Hands", in a bid to disturb the army's concentration on Idlib.

The sources further said that a sum of 13 terrorists was killed and their arms and military equipment were destroyed in the failed attack in Lattakia.