ISIL Drives Rival Terrorists out of Several Positions in Southern Damascus

TEHRAN (defapress)- The ISIL managed to beat Jeish al-Islam back from several positions in the Southern countryside of the Syrian capital city of Damascus after a fresh round of clashes erupted between the two rival terrorist groups, field sources conformed on Sunday.

News ID: 68200

Date: 21 January 2018 - 15:03

The sources said that the ISIL engaged in fierce clashes with Jeish al-Islam in al-Zein neighborhood in Hajar al-Aswad region in the Southern countryside of Damascus city, imposing control over a set of buildings, including strategic White Building that overlooks the settlement of Yalda in Southern Damascus.

They added that a number of both warring sides were killed or wounded in the clashes.

Some other sources reported that the ISIL has captured the entire al-Zein neighborhood.

Local sources reported earlier this week that a large number of terrorists were killed or wounded in heavy infighting between the ISIL and Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) in the Palestinian Yarmouk Refugee Camp in the Southern countryside of Damascus city.

The sources said that ISIL stormed the Al-Nusra's positions in al-Balaha, Hayfa and al-Rijeh neighborhoods in Yarmouk camp.

They went on to say that the infighting was very heavy, specially near Abdul Qader and al-Ash'ari mosques, adding that tens of terrorists from both sides were killed or wounded and several more were captured by the warring sides.