Homs:

Syrian Army Repels Terrorists' Heavy Attack

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Army troops warded off terrorists' heavy offensive on government forces' positions in Northern Homs, inflicting major losses on the terrorists on Tuesday.

News ID: 67435

Date: 12 December 2017 - 18:16

The terrorists, backed up by their mortar and heavy machinegun fire, violated truce again in Northern Homs and stormed the army's defense lines in the outskirts of the town of Talbiseh and in the villages of Tir Ma'ala and al-Qantou and the regions of al-Mashari'a and al-Mohata.

A number of terrorists were killed or wounded in the failed attack.

In the meantime, the army's artillery and missile units pounded terrorists' centers in the region, killing or wounding a number of them and destroying their military hardware and positions.

A military source said on Monday that the army's artillery and missile units launched heavy shelling on terrorists' positions in Northern Homs after the terrorists breached ceasefire in de-escalation zone and targeted residential areas in two villages.

The sources said that the Al-Nusra's missile units deployed in the town of Talbiseh in Northern Homs heavily shelled residential areas in the villages of al-Najmeh and al-Ashrafiyeh in Northeastern Homs.

The army soldiers in response engaged in heavy fighting with Al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham South of Talbish and East of al-Qantou, the sources said, adding that the army's artillery and missile units retaliated and opened heavy fire at terrorists' positions in Talbiseh and al-Qantou and their outskirts, in the village of al-Ameriyeh, in Abu Yasar farms and in Northern and Northeastern Homs.

The sources said that a number of terrorists were killed or wounded and their military equipment were destroyed in the clashes and by the army fire.

In the meantime, the army men targeted a group of terrorists that were digging trenches in Abu al-Anz Farms in Talbiseh and towards the village of al-Najmeh in Northern Homs, killing or injuring the entire members of the group.