ISIL Retreats from More Positions in Depth of Sweida Deserts

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Army troops continued hunting ISIL in the Eastern deserts of Sweida on Saturday and pushed the terrorists back from more areas in the depth of Toloul al-Safa region.

News ID: 72596

Date: 22 September 2018 - 13:45

The army forces engaged in a heavy fighting with ISIL in Toloul al-Safa in the Eastern desert of Sweida, imposing control over several points in the rocks.

In the meantime, the army's artillery units and aircraft pounded ISIL's positions and movements in the rocks in Toloul al-Safa, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

A field source, meantime, said that the army has started fortifying the newly-captured positions in Toloul al-Safa.

On Wednesday, the army forces engaged in clashes with a group of ISIL militants who intended to break the siege on Eastern Badiyeh of Sweida with attacks against the army positions near Tal Barakat, inflicting heavy tolls on the terrorists.

The army troops also heavily clashed with the ISIL terrorists in 4 operational fronts in Toloul al-Safa region.

Meantime, field sources reported severe clashes in Southeastern Damascus near al-Tanf, adding that the Syrian army forces tightened the noose on the terrorists in Toloul al-Safa by regaining control of new areas.

Also, the army's artillery and missile units heavily attacked the ISIL positions and moves in Taloul al-Safa region, killing a number of terrorists.

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