Updated-Army establishes control over areas in Hama, eliminates terrorist groups in other areas

Provinces, SANA-Army units carried out wide military operations on Tuesday, establishing control over new areas in Hama, and eliminating terrorist groups in other areas around the country.

Hama

Army units carried out a series of military operations against terrorists' dens and gatherings to the west of Maan town in the northern countryside of Hama, establishing control over a number of points including al-Madajen and al-Burj areas and the point of Dhahret al-Fates and Talet Kherbet Kahila.

A military source clarified that many of "Jund al-Aqsa" terrorists were killed and a big amounts of weapons and explosives including a cannon, three mortar launches and a big number of shells were confiscated in the operations.

The source pointed out that the engineering units dismantled tens of mines and explosives planted by terrorists before they fled away in the areas restored by the army.

Daraa

An army unit killed or injured members of a terrorist group and destroyed their fortifications to the north of al-Bitar farm towards Tafas town in the Northern countryside of Daraa Province.

Anotherarmy unit targeted movements of a terrorist group to the west of Municipality Square of al-Naziheen Camp neighborhood and another one to the east of al-Masri roundabout in Daraa al-Balad area, killing number of terrorists and injuring others.

Sweida

In Sweida, an army unit targeted with concentrated blows the infiltration axis of an ISIS terrorist group towards al-Lajat area in the countryside of Sweida, killing all the members of the group and destroying their weapons and ammunition.