Army Imposes Control over Several Heights in Mountainous Region at Border with Lebanon

The army men engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL and drove them out of the Sho'aba Yunes, Harf Wadi al-Dab and Sho'aba al-Mahbas al-Owla heights, Harf al-Hashishat region and the village of al-Hashishat.

The army and Hezbollah fighters tightened noose on ISIL in Qalamoun heights after their fresh advances in the region.

In the meantime, the Arabic-language Elam al-Harbi reported that the resistance fighters, deployed in al-Jarajeer and Qar'a heights in the Western Qalamoun attacked ISIL's positions and took control of Sho'aba Yunes, Harf Wadi al-Dab and Sho'aba al-Mahbas al-Owla.

Elam al-Harbi also said that the resistance combatants drove ISIL out of Harf al-Hashishat region and the village of al-Hashishat.

The army and Hezbollah took full control of Faliteh heights in Western Qalamoun on July 23.

Relevant reports said on Thursday that the Syrian fighter jets launched repeated attacks against al-Hashishat, Abu Hadij, al-Jarajir and Jaroud Qareh heights in Western Qalamoun, destroying all ISIL positions in al-Hashishat, including the terrorists' Central Operations Room, and killing a number of terrorists.

Meantime, the Syrian soldiers launched artillery and missile attacks against the ISIL positions in Abu Hadij in Western Qalamoun, smashing one of the ISIL bases.

Also, the Lebanese army started initial operations to cleanse the heights of Ra'as Ba'albak, al-Qa'e and al-Fakehah in the Eastern parts of the country from the ISIL militants.