A military source told on Tuesday that the army units eliminated terrorists’ hotbeds and fortifications in the two villages, inflicting heavy losses upon them before many of them fled towards the Syrian-Turkish borders.
The source clarified that engineering units of the army dismantled explosives planted by terrorists to hinder the advance of the army units.
On Monday, army units, in cooperation with popular defense groups, restored stability and security to Rweiset al-Jalta, Ard al-Qarm, Dahret al-Kroum and the Point 665 in Lattakia northern countryside.
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