Terrorists Receive Severe Blow in Failed Attacks in Idlib

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Damascus army fended off new offensives by Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) and other allied terrorist groups in the demilitarized zone in Southeastern Idlib and near Abu Dhuhour military airport, inflicting heavy damage and tolls on them.

News ID: 75158

Date: 23 January 2019 - 16:00

The Syrian Army units engaged in heavy clashes with the terrorists of Tahrir al-Sham and militants of Haras al-Din and Ajnad al-Kavkaz who attacked the Syrian Army's military positions to the West of Idlib military airport in Southeastern Idlib from the two directions of al-Katibeh al-Mahjoureh and the town of Tavil al-Halib, killing and wounding several militants.

Battlefield sources pointed to the dispatch of massive military convoys by terrorist groups to Southeastern Idlib, and said that the Syrian Army pounded the supply lines of the terrorists with missiles and heavy artillery shells, killing and wounding tens of terrorists as well as destroying a large number of their military vehicles and equipment.

Also, the Syrian army units in Northern Hama launched heavy artillery and missile attacks on military positions and movements of Tahrir al-Sham terrorists and their allied militants in the towns of al-Boyezeh, Lahaya, Mourek, Kafar Zita, al-Latamanieh and Kafar Naboudeh as well as Zizoun and Bab al-Taqeh in Northwestern Hama, destroying several military positions of terrorists, inflicting heavy losses on them.

In a relevant development on Thursday, the Syrian army warded off new offensives by Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at and other allied terrorists in the demilitarized zone against their positions in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib, inflicting heavy damages and tolls on them.

The Syrian army units in Northern Hama launched heavy artillery and missile attacks on Jeish al-Izza terrorists in regions near the town of Hasraya who intended to infiltrate into the army-controlled regions, destroying militants' strongholds and killing and wounding several of them.

Also, the army troops stationed in areas near the village of Zalin in Northern Hama targeted terrorists' positions in the town of al-Latamineh in response to their attacks, inflicting heavy damages and casualties on them.

The Syrian army forces also repelled an offensive by Tahrir al-Sham from al-Katibeh al-Mahjoureh region against military points in Eastern Idlib, killing and wounding several militants.

Meantime, the artillery units of the army targeted the positions and moves of terrorists in Sakik, Sahal, al-Baraj, Mas'adah and Tal Khatarah in Southern and Southeastern Idlib, destroying several of their military vehicles and equipment and killing a number of terrorists.

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