Source: SANA
Damascus – President Bashar al-Assad and his wife received on Thursday tens of women and children who were released after they had been abducted from their villages in Lattakia countryside by terrorist groups for more than three and a half years.

“We have waited for this moment for long time… since three and a half years… everyday, the people have been asking for you, and the State, with all its institutions, have been searching for you, the target of each soldier and each martyr was your return,” President al-Assad said during the reception.

The President added “In spite of all suffering you have encountered, we want you to return to your normal life with your families, villages and country… we want you to be an example in steadfastness, challenge and patriotism, and you are so.”

President al-Assad went on to say “We will be with you and we will not abandon you… what has passed, has passed, we all believe in God, because believing in God, Home and people is the thing that makes you steadfast, stand with each other in that crisis which you have passed through.”

For her part, Mrs. Asma al-Assad affirmed that the strength of will, embodied by the abducted, women with their children during the years of abduction, should continue through rebuilding their life and trying to compensate the children for what they lost of education and life.

The freed women said that in spite of the inhuman conditions and difficult days they have passed through while abducted, their confidence in the state and its institutions hasn’t been shaken since the first day of their abduction, showing determination to overcome difficulties.

Source: SANA
Syria Provinces – The army and armed forces on Friday continued it mission in combating terrorism establishing control over new villages, killing big numbers of terrorists and destroying their equipment all over the country.

Homs

The Syrian Arab Army’s Air Force carried out a series of airstrikes on ISIS positions in the eastern and southeastern countryside of Homs province, a military source told SANA.

The source said that the Air Force destroyed ISIS hideouts in the town of Mahin and al-Qaryatain city 85km southeast of Homs city, killing a number of terrorists and destroying machinegun-equipped vehicles.

The Air Force also carried out sorties targeting ISIS positions in Palmyra (Tadmur) city 161km east of Homs city, killing and injuring many terrorists and destroying some of their vehicles and military equipment.

Aleppo

The Syrian Arab Army’s Air Force carried out airstrikes on terrorist organizations’ hideouts and fortified positions in the countryside of Aleppo province, a military source told SANA.

The source said the airstrikes focused on hotspots and vehicles of ISIS terrorists in al-Sheikh Ahmad village, Abu Hinna hill, Ahmar hill, the surroundings of the Air Force Academy, and Kwairis Janoubi in the province’s eastern countryside.

The airstrikes also resulted in killing and injuring many terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist groups affiliated to it and destroying some of their machinegun-equipped vehicles in al-Jaberiye, Khan Touman, al-Mefelsa, Oum Arkyilla, al-Ameriye, Rasm al-Abd, east of the thermal station, and east of al-Safira in the eastern and northeastern countryside.

The source added that the Air Force destroyed hotspots of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists and other terrorist organizations in al-Rashidin 4 and Bani Zeid neighborhoods in Aleppo city.

Hama

Army units, backed by the Syrian air force, established full control over al-Sefsafeh village in northwestern countryside of Hama province after inflicting heavy losses on the terrorists in personnel and equipment, a military source told SANA on Friday.

The army operations in the village destroyed the last hideout and gatherings for Jabhat al-Nusra and the so called “Jaish al-Fateh” terrorists in addition to a number of vehicles equipped with heavy machine-guns.

Daraa

An army unit killed and injured all group members of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists at the eastern side of al-Nuaimeh center in the eastern countryside of Daraa province.

Later on the day, an army unit targeted terrorists’ concentrations in al-Naziheen Camp in Daraa al-Balad area in Daraa city, killing and injuring a number of terrorists and destroying their ammunition and vehicles.

Other army units destroyed a pickup truck along with the terrorists on board on the road between the meteorology department and al-Sad in Daraa al-Balad, in addition to eliminating a number of terrorists east of Jeleen town in the province’s western countryside and near the entrance of Atman town in the northern countryside.

Lattakia

Army units seized 3 field hospitals and scores of terrorists’ redoubts including a DShK machinegun, home-made “hell canons”, 5 mortars, 20 gas cylinders prepared for bombing during combing the hills surrounding Jeb al-Zaarour and al-Fark mountain in the northern countryside of Lattakia province.

Large amounts of explosives, different ammunition, Turkish and stolen medicine in addition to a quantity of Cocaine were also seized.

Source: SANA

Syria Provinces – Units of the army and armed forces continued targeting Takfiri terrorist organizations’ hideouts, positions and vehicles across the country, killing and wounding dozens of their members.

Damascus Countryside

The Army , in cooperation with Lebanese resistance, established full control over Karnet Sha’abit Sharaf and Wadi Khashea’a in al-Jarajir barrens in northern Qalmoun mountains in Damascus Countryside.

The new progress comes after eliminating the latest gatherings of Jabhit al-Nusra in the area.

Earlier, the army killed a number of terrorists and injured others and destroyed their dens with all the arms and ammunition, leaving all terrorists inside them dead to the west side of Ein al-Boustan village in the southwestern countryside of Damascus, a military source told SANA Monday.

The source added that the army carried out operations against dens and positions of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Manshiyet Khan al-Sheeh, killing scores of them and destroying their arms and ammunition.

Meanwhile, an army unit killed a number of Takfiri terrorists and injured others in Maghr al -Mir village to the east of Beit Saber village where an operation was carried out by the army in al-Bashir farm in which a number of terrorists were killed and others were injured and their weapons and ammunition were destroyed.

The Army Air Force targeted gatherings of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organizations in Be’er al-Manqoura and ksaraet Baher in the eastern countryside of Damascus, killing a number of ISIS members and injuring others, in addition to destroying an armored vehicle and an artillery launcher

Units of the army and armed forces also killed a number of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Manshiyet Khan al-Sheeh, Bait Sabir, Mugher al-Mir and Ein al-Bustan in the Countryside of Damascus.

The army air force raided ISIS positions and concentrations in Bair al-Manqura and Kasarat Bahr in Dumair in Damascus Countryside- near Palmyra’s southwestern mountain ranges- killing a number of terrorists and destroying an armored vehicle and artillery post.

Daraa

An army unit carried out concentrated blows against positions of the terrorists of Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations in Tal Antar in the northwestern countryside of southern Daraa province, killing scores of them and destroying their arms and ammunition.

Units of the army carried out precise operations against terrorists’ positions in the towns of Nahta, al-Mlaiha al-Sharqyia, and al-Hrak city in the northeastern countryside of the province, killing scores of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists and injuring others.

A unit of the army, based on information on the movements of the Takfiri organizations on the road of al-Ghariyia al-Sharqyia al-Karak, carried out concentrated strikes against the terrorists, destroying two of their vehicles with all the arms and ammunition inside them, and leaving all terrorists onboard dead.

Many terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra and other Takfiri organizations were also killed and one of their vehicles was destroyed in a special operation carried out by an army unit against their dens to the west of al-Thurayia buildings in Ataman town, 4 km to the north of Daraa.

In Daraa al-Balad neighborhood, an army unit killed a number of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists and destroyed two of their vehicles, leaving all terrorists on board dead on the road of al- Sad- al-Arsad al-Jawiya and in the vicinity of Abdul-Aziz Aba Zaid Mosque.

Quneitra

In the eastern countryside of the neighboring Quneitra province, a unit of the army bombarded dens of the terrorists who are mostly from the so-called al-Furqan Brigades and Ahrar al- Sham Islamic Movement.

The bombardments left a number of terrorists dead and their arms and ammunition were destroyed on the northwestern foot of Mas’hara hill.

Homs

In the central province of Homs, units of the army and armed forces, supported by the air force, carried out concentrated operations on the terrorist organizations’ hideouts in the northern and eastern countrysides of Homs province.

The army’s air force destroyed a number of vehicles, killed tens of ISIS terrorists in al-Bayarat, al-Maqale’e to the west of Palmyra, and in al-Shindakhya al-Shimalyia in Homs eastern countryside.

Army air force also targeted terrorists’ gatherings and hideouts of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Jebab al- Tanahej, Sallam Gharbi, Rasm al-Sawaneh, al- Shindakhiyeh al- Janobiyehm 70km to the east of Homs.

The operations resulted in killing numbers of ISIS terrorists and destroying their vehicles, arms and ammunitions.

Meanwhile, an Army unit inflicted heavy losses upon members and weaponry of ISIS terrorists in an intensive operation that targeted their dens in the towns of al-Sultaniyeh and al-Msheirfeh al-Shamaliyeh, 68 km to east of Homs city.

Other army units killed terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra in kfr Laha, al-Sa’an, al-Za’faraneh, Deir Foul, the area around al-Ber hospital in al-Rastan in the northern countryside of Homs province.

Army units targeted the terrorists’ hotbeds in Wadi al-Kahf in the southern countryside of al-Qseir city, destroying the terrorists fortifications and dens in addition to killing numbers of terrorists and injuring others.

Hama

The army’s air force destroyed a gathering for terrorists in al-Latamneh in Hama countryside, killing a number of them.

Idleb

The army’s air force destroyed dens and gatherings of terrorists in addition to tens of vehicles in Urom al-Jouz, Kfar Zeiba, Kfeir, ayn al-Bardeh and al-Basheriya in Idleb countryside, killing a number of terrorists.

Earlier, the Army’s Air Force carried out a series of concentrated air strikes on hideouts of terrorist organizations in Idleb and its countryside, a military source said.

The Air Force directed strikes on terrorists’ hideouts in al-Marj and Balshoun villages and Areeha city 12 kilometers to the south of Idleb city, killing a number of terrorists and destroying vehicles equipped with machine guns.

In al-Luj, al- Basheeriya, Muarata, and Bzeet in Jesr al-Shoghour countryside, the Air Force destroyed terrorists’ vehicles and dens, while other air strikes targeted gatherings of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists and other Takfiri organizations in Um Jreen, al-Majas, al-Bwaiti, Talab, and al-teraa in Abu al-Duhour area in the eastern countryside of the province, inflicting heavy losses in personnel and equipment on terrorists there.

The air strikes also targeted hideouts of terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra, the “Islamic Front” and Jund al-Aqsa in al-Nabi Ayoub Mountain in al-Zaweya Mountain area, killing a number of terrorists and destroying vehicles equipped with machineguns.

The Air Force destroyed terrorists’ hideouts in Ain al-Hamra and Shaghoureet villages in al-Ghab plain between Idleb and Hama, in addition to carrying out air strikes against hideouts of leaders of Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations in al-Inshaat area in the surrounding of Idleb city, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their vehicles, arms and ammunition.

Aleppo

Army units carried out intensive operations against dens of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in al-Layramoun, Bani zaid, Salah al-Deen, al-Wadehi, Bab ah-Hadeed, Qadi Askar, Bustan al-Basha and al-Halwaniya neighborhoods in Aleppo city, killing a number of terrorists, injuring others and destroying arms, ammunition, and mortar launchers, a military source told SANA.

In the eastern countryside of Aleppo, an army unit killed a number of terrorists from ISIS during strikes on their gatherings in the surroundings of the Air Force Academy.

Meanwhile, other army units attacked gatherings and hideouts of terrorist organizations in Aazaz, Mareh and Anadan in the northern countryside of Aleppo, leaving a number of terrorists dead and destroying their arms and vehicles, while another unit directed strikes on terrorists hideouts in Qabatan al-Jabal, al-Atareb and Daret azza in Jabal Samaan area in the western countryside of the province, inflicting heavy losses on terrorists in personnel and equipment.

Army air force destroyed terrorists’ gatherings and vehicles in Mare’, Talalin, al-Mansoura, Kifr Houm and al-Mishirfeh in Aleppo.

Lattakia

Army air force destroyed terrorists’ concentrations and vehicles in Ta’ouma,
Bouz al-Kherba and Akko in Lattakia countryside.

Hasaka

The Syrian Arab Army’s Air Force carried out intensive airstrikes against ISIS gatherings and dens in the southern countryside of Hasaka city.

Dozens of terrorists were killed in the strikes that target their gatherings in Abyad area, Sawda, Abad, and Tal Baroad villages southwest of Hasaka city.

The Air Force also targeted ISIS dens in Sabah al-Kheir area and al-Milabia in the southern countryside of Haska, killing many terrorists, injuring many others, and destroying their vehicles along with all weapons and ammunition inside them.

Deir Ezzor

Army units destroyed a number of ISIS vehicles and killed a number of its members in al-Hweija, al-Sina’a and al-Jbeila neighborhood in Deir Ezzor.

an army unit destroyed a tunnel for ISIS terrorists in al-Jbeila in Deir Ezzor and clashes with a number of them, killing scores of them and destroying three vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns.

Sweida

An army unit confronted a terrorist group that tried to infiltrate from al-Smad village towards Thebeen village in the countryside of Sweida, killing a number of terrorists and injuring others.

Source: Al Manar
Hezbollah and the Syrian army controlled on Monday two main positions of Nusra Front in Jreijeer which were the last strongholds of the terrorist group in Qalamoun barrens, killing scores of militants.

Hezbollah also managed to link Flita barrens with those of Arsal by controlling the main crossing between them.

The Islamic Resistance fighters also advanced in Arsal barrens, controlling a number of posts of Nusra Front whose terrorists suffered major losses.

Provinces- Army and armed forces on Thursday established full control over towns in Idleb, killed terrorists in others and destroyed their hideouts and dens in others.

Source: SANA

Hama

The army and armed forces established full control over a number of strategic points and hills in the far northwestern countryside of Hama province, a military source told SANA.

Army units carried out series of special operations resulted in destroying the last gatherings of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in the hills of Gazal, Aawar and towns of al-Zeyadeyeh and al-Sararef and establishing full control over them.

At least 40 Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists were killed and scores were injured during the army’s accurate and fast operations.

The army inflicted heavy losses upon the terrorists’ ammunition and destroyed a number of mortar launchers and vehicles equipped with machineguns.

Later, an army unit hit in a strike a terrorists’ position in the hills of al-Sermaniyeh in the northwestern countryside of Hama, destroying a weapons depot for them.

Hasaka

The Army Air Force carried out strikes against dens and gatherings of ISIS terrorists in the southern countryside of Hasaka, northeastern Syria.

The air strikes resulted in killing many terrorists and destroying vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns in the area around the Juvenile Delinquency Institute and al-Dawoudiyeh village.

More ISIS hideouts were targeted in airstrikes in al-Meilbiyeh area, 15 km to the south of Hasaka city.

Lattakia

Units of army and the armed forces, in coordination with the people defense groups, targeted positions of Jabhat al-Nusra and its affiliates in al-Nouba Mountain, al-Eido village, Kensabba town, al-Durra, al-Khadraa, al-Oteira areas and near Bradoun dam in the northern countryside of Lattakia.

Large numbers of terrorists were killed and arms and ammunition depots and vehicles equipped with machine guns were destroyed in the operations.

The terrorist Hamdan Ismael and Mohammad Balsha, a terrorist group’s leader, were identified among the dead.

Homs

An army unit targeted ISIS gatherings and movements near Sellam Sharqi and al-Sultaniyeh villages in Jeb al-Jarrah area in the eastern countryside of Homs.

The operation resulted in killing a number of ISIS terrorists and destroying their vehicles, some of which were equipped with heavy machine guns.

Idleb

The Army Air Force destroyed several Jabhat al-Nusra hideouts in Maaret al-Nouman, Jadraya and Hila in Idleb countryside, in addition to destroying an ammunition cache in Bsamis.

The air force also launched a series of airstrikes against Jabhat al-Nusra gatherings in Bazit, Shagwrit, Maaret al-Numan and al-Tibat in the province’s countryside, killing dozens of terrorists, injuring many others and destroying their vehicles, some of them equipped with heavy machineguns.

Aleppo

Army units targeted terrorists’ positions in Mare’, Tal Rifa’t, Tlalin, Ezaz, Bashkouy, Orum al-Kubra and the villages of Tal Qarah, Herdatnin and Deir Jamal in the northern countryside of Aleppo province.

The operations in those areas left a number of terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra and some of its affiliates killed and several vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns destroyed.

An army unit destroyed several terrorists’ hideouts, vehicles and supply routes extending into the Turkish border in Ritian town.

In the southwestern countryside of Aleppo, army units killed numbers of terrorists and destroyed their arms and ammunition in concentrated operations on their dens in al-Atareb town and Khan al-Asal.

Groups of terrorists were also targeted to the west of al-Nairab airport in the eastern countryside of the province.

Operations against ISIS terrorists operating in the vicinity of the Air Force Academy resulted in killing and inuring numbers of them and destroying arms and vehicles equipped with various types of machineguns.

A Jabhat al-Nusra position in old Aleppo in the city was targeted.

Daraa

An army unit killed at least eight terrorists and destroyed two of the vehicles of the so-called “Jaish al-Yarmouk” in Saida town in the eastern countryside of southern Daraa province.

A number of terrorists were killed and others were injured and three of their vehicles were destroyed in army operations in al-Hrak town and on the road of al-Gharyiat-al-Soura in the northeastern countryside of the province.

Dozens of terrorists were also killed in a series of army concentrated operations against their dens in Busra al-Sham city in the eastern countryside of the province.

Meanwhile, another army unit killed a number of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists and destroyed their arms and ammunition to the north of al-Qasr al-Saudi in al-Yadoda town, 5 km to the west of Daraa.

Another army unit killed at least 10 of terrorists, mostly of foreign nationalities, and destroyed four of their cars and two mortar cannons in the vicinity of al-Mutanabi School and al-Muhandisin building in the camp area in Daraa city.

In Daraa al-Balad neighborhood, units of the army and the armed forces carried out precise operations, killing a number of terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra, and the so-called “Tawhid al-Janoub Brigade”, “Mujahidi Howran Brigades,” and “Madfa’ayet Sijil Brigade”. A convoy of the terrorists’ vehicles was also destroyed in the operations.

Sweida

The Army Air Force carried out airstrikes on dens and gatherings of terrorists of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Housh Hamad and al-Mdawara villages in the northern countryside of Sweida, southern Syria.

The airstrikes left a number of ISIS terrorists killed and their vehicles that were equipped with heavy machine guns destroyed.

The army also targeted groups of ISIS terrorists in Rajm al-Dawla in the northeastern countryside of the province, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their vehicles.

A convoy of vehicles for Jabhat al-Nusra was hit in the area surrounding Soum al-Darajeh village in al-Lajat, with the strikes leaving a number of the vehicles destroyed.

Damascus countryside

Units of army and the armed forces destroyed arms and ammunition depots and vehicles for terrorist organizations in eastern Ghouta.

Warplanes carried out raids against terrorist organizations in Ain Tarma valley, killing a number of terrorists and destroying vehicles, arms and ammunition caches, a military source told SANA.

Many terrorists, including three leaders of the so-called al-Islam Brigade were killed in a series of operations against their dens in Marj al-Sultan village that also resulted in destroying a mortar and four vehicles.

In the southern parts of eastern Ghouta, a unit of army chased a terrorist armed group in the farms of al-Qasemyia, Dair Salman, al-Zamanyia, al-Baharyia and al-Belalyia villages in al-Nashabyia area and killed a number of terrorists.

In Zabadani, a number of terrorists were killed in an army strike against their dens in the eastern mountains of Zabadani.