Syrian Army Drives ISIL out of More Regions in Sweida Deserts

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian army earned control of more regions by advancing in Toloul al-Safa rugged terrain and defeating the ISIL in the Eastern Badiyeh (desert) of Sweida.

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Date: 04 October 2018 - 16:23

The army units continued clashes with the terrorists from several fronts in Toloul al-Safa rugged terrain in the Eastern desert of Sweida on Thursday, capturing more regions, including several caves and hideouts of the militants, and killing a number of them, including several snipers.

Meantime, the Syrian army's air force and artillery units targeted the terrorists' moves and strongholds in the rocky areas of Qabr Sheikh Hassan and in depth of Toloul al-Safa, destroying their positions and military equipment and inflicting tolls on them.

Field sources said that the terrorists' defense lines have collapsed and their supply lines were destroyed in Toloul al-Safa after the Syrian army recaptured the region's water resources.

Also, the Syrian army foiled the terrorists' attempts to flee from the region.

In a relevant development on Wednesday, the Syrian army troops stormed ISIL's strongholds in the Eastern desert of Sweida and captured more areas in Toloul al-Safa rugged terrain.

The army men engaged in fierce clashes again with the ISIL in Toloul al-Safa in the Eastern desert of Sweida, taking control over more areas in the depth of the rocks.

In the meantime, other units of the army, backed up by the artillery and missile units, managed to seize control over a number of positions and hideouts of the ISIL in the rocks, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

The army further set up more positions in the newly-captured areas.

Field sources reported that the ISIL front in Toloul al-Safa is on the verge of collapse as the army has been advancing in the region, adding that the ISIL executed a woman they kidnapped in Sweida in July.

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