ALEPPO, Apr. 17 (MNA) – Units of the Syrian Arab army intensified their military operations against positions of the ISIL and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in the countryside of Aleppo province.

A military source reported that the army targeted Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists' fortified positions in Sawran and al-'Aweijeh villages and al-Shaqeif and Dahret Abd Rabbo areas in the northern countryside of Aleppo.

The strikes inflicted heavy losses upon terrorist groups in personnel and equipment, destroying a bulldozer, which the terrorists used in making barriers to protect their fortified post in Dahret Abd Rabbo area.

Large numbers of foreign mercenaries continue to infiltrate from Turkey to the northern countryside of Aleppo to join Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization, in addition to smuggling advanced weapons backed by Erdogan and Al Saud funds.

In the southern countryside, the army destroyed ISIL terrorists' positions and supply routes south to Khanaser town and in the villages of Atshaneh and Jeb al-Ali.

Yesterday, the Syrian army units destroyed several vehicles carrying ISIL terrorists and others equipped with machineguns in the villages of Hamima al-Kabira, Rasm al-Kama, Serbes, Shweilekh in the eastern countryside.

 

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