Syrian Army Dispatches More Troops, Military Hardware to Deserts of Sweida

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Army forwarded more soldiers and equipment to the Eastern desert of Sweida on Sunday to intensify attacks on ISIL's strongholds in the region.

News ID: 72616

Date: 23 September 2018 - 13:15

The Army continued dispatching fresh forces and military equipment to the Eastern desert of Sweida, deploying them to regions near Toloul al-Safa to accelerate hunting of the remaining pockets of ISIL terrorists.

In the meantime, a field source said that ISIL will possibly increase attacks on army positions to lift the government forces' siege on Toloul al-Safa.

The source further said that other units of the army, backed up by artillery units and the country's Air Force, engaged in heavy fighting with ISIL in Toloul al-Safa, imposing control over more areas.

On Saturday, 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 started fortifying the newly-captured positions in Toloul al-Safa.

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