Syria troops push against terrorists near Damascus
Syrian government forces have fired rockets at a district held by foreign-backed militants on the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, in a fresh counter-terrorism push.
Informed sources said that Sunday’s attacks targeted the militant-controlled Qabun neighborhood. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 16 people had died in the fighting around Qabun since Saturday.
Additionally, a medical worker in the nearby Eastern Ghouta region, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, said that at least 13 people had died in the renewed Qabun fighting.
Other reports said at least three shells fired by militants had struck the government-held Damascus neighborhoods of Adawi and Tijara. However, there was no immediate word on possible casualties or damage.
Syrian army thwarts Daesh attack on Dayr al-Zawr
Separately on Sunday, Syrian army units foiled a Daesh attack on Panorama area of Dayr al-Zawr city, Syria’s official SANA news agency reported.
The army soldiers clashed with Daesh elements that had infiltrated into the region, killing and injuring many of them while others fled the scene, according to the report.
It further noted that the Syrian Air Force conducted a series of airstrikes and destroyed Daesh-held positions in the area of al-Maqaber and the neighborhoods of the Old Airport, al-Hamidia and al-Sina’a, all situated in Dayr al-Zawr.
The Syrian army troops and allied fighters have been fighting different foreign-backed terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the Arab country since 2011.
Over the past few months, troops have made sweeping gains against Takfiri terrorists, who have lately increased their acts of violence across the country following a series of defeats in Aleppo and elsewhere.
Syria’s de facto new ruler names Asaad al-Shibani as foreign minister
Iranian embassy staffer assassinated by terrorists in Damascus
Israeli forces open fire on Syrians protesting occupation
‘All wars have rules. All of those rules have been broken’ by Israel
VIDEO | Report flags India’s violation of rights of Rohingya detainees
Turkey's foreign minister meets Syria's de facto leader in Damascus
'Next to impossible' to rescue patients from Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital: Director
VIDEO | Vietnam current prosperity
Report blames gasoil exports for shortage at Iranian power plants
VIDEO | Hind Rajab Foundation names Israeli war criminals vacationing after Gaza genocide
VIDEO | Australians rally for Gaza ahead of Christmas festivities
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
