Syrian Army Dispatches More Troops, Military Hardware to Southern Damascus

TEHRAN (Defapress)- The army sent a new convoy of fresh forces and military equipment to Hajar al-Aswad region in a move to reinvigorate its combat capabilities in battle against ISIL terrorists.

The army's move is aimed at accelerating the operation against terrorists and purging the region of the ISIL.

The army has stormed the strongholds of the remaining pockets of the ISIL terrorists in several flanks in Yarmouk Camp and Hajar al-Aswad region.

Also, the army's artillery and missile units have opened heavy fire at terrorists' positions in Hajar al-Aswad and Yarmouk Camp, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

Reports said earlier today that the army troops advanced more in the depth of Hajar al-Aswad region, and are now one step away from imposing control over entire ISIL-held regions in the Southern part of Damascus province.

The army men, backed up by missile and artillery units, engaged in another tough battle with the ISIL in the depth of Hajar al-Aswad region, seizing control over Municipality Building and Police Station.

Also, a field source said that domino of collapse of the terrorist groups has been completed as the army has taken control of vital points deep in Hajar al-Aswad region.

The source further said that fierce clashes are now underway between the army and the remaining pockets of ISIL terrorists, adding that the government forces are now completing the siege around the buildings that are still under terrorists' control.

The source went on to say that other units of the army have started mop-up operation in the newly-freed regions in the Southern part of Hajar al-Aswad, discovering several tunnels and trenches of the militant groups.

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