Mar 13, 2016, 11:34 AM

Syrian army establishes control over areas in Palmyra countryside

Syrian army establishes control over areas in Palmyra countryside

HOMS, Mar. 13 (MNA) – Army units established full control over new areas in the direction of al-Biyarat in the eastern countryside of Homs and inflicted heavy losses in personnel and munitions upon ISIL terrorists.

A military source said in a statement that army units in cooperation with the popular defense groups established control over points 753 and 1 km in the direction of al-Biyarta- Haiyal Mountain 10 kilometers to the west of Palmyra.

Army units eliminated the remaining gatherings of ISIL terrorists and destroyed their fortifications in the points where they established control.

Engineering Units dismantled the explosive devices that the terrorists left behind before fleeing away.

Army units destroyed dens and gatherings of terrorists in well 101 and to the south of well 105 areas in the eastern countryside of Homs.

To the south east of Homs, the source confirmed that army units inflicted heavy losses in personnel upon ISIL terrorists during strikes by the Syrian Air Force, and many of their positions in Mehseh and to the north of al-Qareitain were destroyed.

 

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News ID 115178

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