ISIL Suffers Heavy Casualties in Syrian Army Advances in Sweida

TEHRAN (Defapress)- The army men stormed ISIL's positions in Tal al-Asfar region in the Southern desert of Sweida, imposing control over more key points.

Also, the army's artillery and missile units and aircraft pounded ISIL's positions and movements in the region, killing or wounding a number of terrorists.

In the meantime, local sources reported that tens of ISIL terrorists were killed or wounded and a large volume of their military hardware was destroyed in the army's operation in Badiyeh (desert) of Sweida.

The sources further said that the army men have now reached 50km away from al-Tanf region in Southeastern Homs that is under the US forces' control.

In a similar development on Sunday, more soldiers and equipment were dispatched by the army to Northwestern Sweida to participate in military operation against the ISIL terrorists.

In the meantime, local sources reported fierce clashes between the army men and the terrorists in Badiyeh, adding that the army intends to lay siege on ISIL from four directions in a large region stretching from Ba'ar al-Na'ameh up to al-Kara'a covering an area as large as 600 sp-km.

The army men, also, purged Wadi Ar Ar region of ISIL and deployed only 15 km away from al-Kara'a region which is a strategic base for the ISIL.

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