Syria: Hundreds of Terrorists to Retreat from Last Bases in Quneitra Soon

Hundreds of terrorists are preparing to leave their last bases in Quneitra and pull out from the Southwestern province after surrendering their weapons to the Syrian Army.

News ID: 71487

Date: 31 July 2018 - 16:54

TEHRAN (Defapress)- A large volume of arms and ammunitions, including three tanks, two cannons and five anti aircraft machineguns have already been handed over to the Syrian Army under the surrender plan.

In the meantime, logistic bedrocks have been paved for evacuation of hundreds of terrorists along with their family members from the town of Jabata al-Khashab and several nearby villages via Ofaniyeh corridor in Northern Quneitra.

The army is now preparing to declare its full reign over the entire Quneitra province as soon as these last groups of terrorists retreat.

In the meantime, almost 16,000 residents of the villages in Eastern Dara'a that had left their region returned to their villages after the army restored security to the province.

On Saturday, the army forces managed to capture Quneitra city in the Southwestern part of the country near the border with Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after a month of non-stop battle against terrorists.

Field sources said that the army men freed Quneitra city and its outskirts completely and entered the city, hoisting government flag in al-Tahrir square.

The sources further said that the army's engineering units has started defusing bombs and landmines planted by the terrorists across the city.

The army men also freed the small towns of al-Quneitra Mahdama, al-Qahtaniyah al-Rawazi, al-Samdaniyah al-Qarbiyah, al-Ajraf, Um al-Ozam Dam and al-Alam square in Quneitra outskirts, the sources said, adding that militants in the Jabata, Taranjah, Ofaniyah and al-Horiyah regions have also handed over their heavy and semi-heavy weapons to the army men under a surrender plan in the region.

The sources went on to say that there are only a few villages under militants' control in Quneitra now and the army is nearing complete liberation of the entire province.

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