Syrian Army Keeps Rolling on ISIL's Last Positions in Deserts of Sweida

The Syrian Army men continued attacking the remaining pockets of ISIL terrorists in Toloul al-Safa in Deserts of Sweida, and captured more areas on Sunday.

News ID: 72010

Date: 26 August 2018 - 16:30

TEHRAN (Defapress)- The army soldiers, backed up by artillery units and Air Force, engaged in heavy fighting with ISIL in Toloul al-Safa in Eastern Deserts of Sweida and seized control over Qabr Sheikh Hossein and Torbet al-Hawi.

The army men further advanced 2km towards Hawa Hossein West of Toloul al-Safa from their positions in newly-captured Qabr Sheikh Hossein.

A Syrian military commander, meantime, said that ISIL is now trapped in a small region covering a 600-800 sq/km area following the army's recent advances in Toloul al-Safa.

On Saturday, the army units struck ISIL positions in the rocks in Toloul a-Safa and managed to advance towards Tal Abu Qanem, killing more than thirty militants and wounding dozens more.

Other units of the army further advanced in the depth of the Eastern desert of Sweida and captured more areas in Qabr Sheikh Hossein and Um Marzakh in Toloul al-Safa.

The army men further destroyed two military vehicles of the terrorists, equipped with heavy guns, in al-Hawi and Khirbet al-Hawi regions towards Tal Qanem.

In the meantime, local sources reported that the Syrian army and their allies from the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Syrian Social Nationalist Party advanced at least two kilometers deep into ISIL’s position in Toloul al-Safa.

The army men seized several depots of ISIL's arms and ammunition in Toloul al-Safa.

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