Hundreds of Takfiri terrorists killed in Syrian army’s attacks near Aleppo, Hama

Hundreds of the Takfiri terrorists have been killed in Syria as the army is pressing ahead with its anti-terror operation.

Reporting on Monday, Syria’s state television said around 320 more terrorists had been killed in the countryside of the cities of Aleppo, Idlib, and Hama.

The death toll took to some 1,300 the number of the Takfiris, who have been killed as a result of joint cooperation between Syrian and Russian forces, since last week, when the terrorists began trying to stage resurgence in the Arab country’s northern areas.

Detailing the operations, the Syrian television said Syrian and Russian air forces had struck gatherings of terrorists and their ringleaders in the vicinity of the al-Hamadaniah sports complex in Aleppo Province, killing and injuring a large number of those who had been targeted.

The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said dozens more terrorists were also killed and wounded near the city of al-Safira to the east of Aleppo during similar joint airstrikes.

According to Syria’s al-Thawra newspaper, a group of Takfiris, meanwhile, invaded Zughba village in Hama’s suburbs, only to be ambushed by the villagers, who confronted and killed all of the attackers.

Syrian, Russian warplanes bomb terrorists’ positions in Idlib

Russian and Syrian warplanes have struck militant positions in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib to repel an offensive by foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists.

The Syrian forces also destroyed as many as 63 armored personnel carriers and other military vehicles belonging to the terrorists, besides shooting down one of their drones over the city of Masyaf, west of Hama.

Also on Monday, various Syrian media outlets said Chief of the General Staff of the Syrian armed forces, Abdul Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim had visited the northern parts of Hama Province on the orders of President Bashar al-Assad after the areas were purged of terrorist presence.

Separately, the Syrian state TV cited Health Minister Ahmad Damiriyah as saying that Aleppo’s emergency medical services organization had resumed its operations after being knocked out of service as a result of terror attacks two days before.

Earlier this week, members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Takfiri terrorist group were reported to have overrun many government-controlled areas and killed dozens of Syrian soldiers in the Arab country’s north.

Later, though, it was also reported that the Syrian army had thwarted large-scale terrorist operations in Aleppo Province through a preemptive strike.

Terrorist outfits and their Western allies launched a full-scale media campaign afterwards, trying to tarnish the Syrian military’s successful counterterrorism drive, including by reporting that the Syrian forces had withdrawn from Hama’s countryside.

Syria rejects allegations of withdrawing from northern city

Syria dismisses allegations of the country’s forces withdrawal from the northern city of Hama in the face of foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists.

The Syrian military, however, dismissed the reports later, considering them to be part of a “media war” aimed at painting Damascus’ anti-terror struggle in a bad light.

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