Syrian Army Sends More Troops to Sweida to End ISIL's Presence in Region

The Syrian Army forwarded a long convoy of fresh forces and equipment to Eastern Sweida on Saturday to purge the region of the remaining pockets of ISIL terrorists.

News ID: 71573

Date: 04 August 2018 - 14:20

TEHRAN (Defapress)- The army dispatched a long convoy, including a large number of soldiers and heavy military hardware, to Northeastern Sweida to defeat the remaining pockets of the ISIL terrorists in Eastern Badiyeh (desert).

In the meantime, the army aircraft pounded the positions and movements of the terrorists in Sweida's Badiyeh on Saturday, inflicting major losses on them.

The army's missile and artillery units opened heavy fire at ISII's positions in al-Kara'a and al-Diyatha regions in Northeastern Sweida and in the village of al-Qizah al-Shamali in Eastern Sweida, targeting and destroying a convoy of terrorists' vehicles and killing a large number of militants.

On Wednesday, the army men exchanged heavy fire with ISIL that tried to prevail over government forces' positions in Khalkhala airbase in Northeastern Sweida from Eastern Badiyeh (desert) and managed to ward off the offensive, inflicting major casualties on the terrorists.

In the meantime, the army's artillery and missile units and aircraft pounded ISIL's positions and movements in the depth of Northeastern Badiyeh of Sweida, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

Other army units stormed ISIL's positions in the villages of Rami and Um Rawaq in Northeastern Syria, destroying their strongholds.

ISIL suffered heavy casualties and the remaining pockets of the terrorists retreated from the battlefield after the attack failed.

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