Syrian Army Captures Another Key ISIL-Held Region in Sweida Desert

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Army troops continued hunting ISIL in the Eastern desert of Sweida on Friday and captured one more strategic region.

News ID: 72889

Date: 05 October 2018 - 18:03

The army units engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL in the depth of the rocks in Tolou al-Safa in the Eastern deserts of Sweida, seizing control over several positions and heights in Qabr Sheikh Hossein flank.

Other units of the army managed to capture Qa'a al-Banat region Northwest of Sweida desert.

In the meantime, local sources said that large areas in Western and Southwestern directions of Qabr Sheikh Hossein have come under the army's control, adding that the army is advancing in the depth of ISIL-held regions, and imposed military control over several key areas.

On Thursday, the army units continued clashes with the terrorists from several fronts in Toloul al-Safa rugged terrain in the Eastern desert of Sweida, 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.

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