Syria in Last 24 Hours: US Conducts More Heliborne Operations to Rescue Foreign ISIL Commanders in Hasaka

The American military forces continued illegal heliborne operations to rescue the ISIL terrorists and commanders from Southern Hasaka, local sources reported on Monday.

News ID: 70955

Date: 26 June 2018 - 15:35

TEHRAN (Defapress)- "The US forces have conducted another heliborne operation near the small town of Merkadeh the borders between Syria and Iraq.

The sources further said that two US helicopters left the town of al-Shadadi and landed in Merkadeh region, taking away two ISIL members.

Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over past 24 hours.

Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured during the Syrian army's operations in provinces across Syria.

Hasaka

The US military forces continue illegal heliborne operations to rescue the ISIL terrorists and commanders from Southern Hasaka, local sources reported on Monday.

The sources in Southern Hasaka reported that the US forces have conducted another heliborne operation near the small town of Merkadeh the borders between Syria and Iraq.

The sources further said that two American helicopters left the town of al-Shadadi and landed in Merkadeh region, taking away two ISIL members.

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced in a statement on Sunday that they had captured the remaining regions that were under ISIL's control and purge the province of ISIL.

In May, the US forces conducted four more airborne operations in Southeastern Hasaka to rescue a number of entrapped ISIL terrorists, a move done repeatedly by the American forces to provide back up for the terrorist group in Eastern Syria.

Four American military helicopters conducted four sorties of heliborne operations in the villages of al-Qeirawan, Haresat Sinjar, al-Ta'ef and Abu Kabra, evacuating a group of ISIL terrorists to an unknown location.

The US military forces are carrying out airborne operation in ISIL-held regions once in a while.

Idlib

Syria's National Defense Forces (NDF), deployed in the besieged towns of Fua'a and Kafraya in the Northeastern countryside of Idlib, warded off a heavy offensive of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) on Monday.

The NDF exchanged heavy fire with Tahrir al-Sham and terrorists of other groups and repelled their attack on Fua'a and Kafraya from Brouma, a region between the two besieged towns.

Terrorists left behind a number of dead and wounded members and pulled back the remaining pockets of forces from the battlefield to evade more casualties.

In the meantime, local sources said that Tahrir al-Sham in Northern Syria has called on other terrorist groups to form a joint operation room to lessen the army's pressure on their comrades in Southern Syria.

Deir Ezzur

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forwarded more gunmen and military hardware to Eastern Syria on Monday as attacks on the SDF is on rise in Deir Ezzur province.

An SDF gunman was killed after unknown assailants opened fire at the US-backed militia near Konico Gas Company in Eastern Deir Ezzur.

In the meantime, several SDF militias were killed or wounded in an attack by unidentified raiders near al-Amr oilfield in Eastern Deir Ezzur.

Meanwhile, a local source pointed to the assassination of several SDF members in Badiyeh (desert) of the town of Khusham in Eastern Deir Ezzur, adding that assassinations have been increasing in the region after recent tensions between civilians and the SDF in the regions held by US-backed militias.

The sources further said that the SDF has sent a large convoy of military and armored vehicles from Hasaka city to the town of Hajin in Southeastern Deir Ezzur.

Dara'a

The Syrian Army troops managed to seize control over a key region in Eastern Dara'a after the terrorists laid down arms and surrendered to the Damascus forces on Monday, the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria reported.

The Russian center reported that the army men imposed control over the small town of al-Taba in Eastern Dara'a after terrorists were forced to end battle and surrender to the army soldiers.

The center further said that the terrorists have, thus far, handed over 12 regions to the Syrian army.

The center went on to say that the army men have also captured more areas in the small town of Busra al-Hariri.

In the meantime, the army's artillery and missile units pounded terrorists' positions in the townships and towns of al-Harak, Rakham, Nahata, al-Maliha Sharqi, al-Maliha Qarbi and Busr al-Harir in Eastern Dara'a.

Sweida

The Syrian Army troops repelled a heavy offensive of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at and its allies in Southwestern Sweida, killing 70 terrorists and destroying tens of their vehicles on Monday.

The army men fended off a heavy attack by Tahrir al-Sham and other terrorist allies at a checkpoint in Southwestern Sweida.

In the meantime, the Arabic-language website of Sputnik quoted the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria as reporting that the army men, backed up by the Russian Air Force, managed to repel Tahrir's attack on the towns and settlements in de-escalmessage end/ation zones in Southern Syria.

The center further said that 70 terrorists were killed and 17 military vehicles were damaged in the failed attack.

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