Publish Date: 15 March 2017 - 22:31

ALEPPO, Mar. 15 (MNA) – Army and Armed Forces units thwarted an attack by the ISIL terrorists on a number of military posts to the south of the Air Force Academy in the eastern countryside of Aleppo.

A military source told SANA that army units on Wednesday clashed with terrorist groups affiliated to ISIL after they attacked a number of military posts on the axis of the villages of al-Qutbieh and Um Arkila to the south of the Air Force Academy in Aleppo’s eastern countryside.

The source added that the attack was foiled and a number of the terrorist groups’ members were killed, in addition to destroying their arms and equipment.

Meanwhile, the military source told SANA that the Syrian Air Force destroyed ISIL terrorist’s positions and armored vehicles in al-Mutatawilah, Milad, Jalili, and Alloush hills, al-Makabbat, the factories area, and Tayssir hill in al-Thardah Mountain in Deir Ezzor province.

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