Alwaght- Syrian Army has repelled Jaish al-Islam-led attack on the recently captured positions in west Rayhan farms, located in the Northeastern parts of Douma city in Eastern Ghouta.
According to al-Masdar News, The Army’s Elite Republican Guard and the Special Missions Ministry of Interior Forces Seven have killed seven militants and injured five others in the insurgents' ranks. The Arab army also suffered three injuries in its attempt to foil the militant group’s counterattack.
Notably, the government forces had managed to surround a rebel contingent in the western section of Al-Rayhan town a day earlier following the capture of the western farms of the aforementioned town.
This comes after a series of deprecating defeats for the Saudi-backed Jaish Al-Islam that had them withdraw from Bahariyah, Hawsh Al-Farah, Hawsh Nasri, Tal Sawwan, Tal Kurdi, and Mayda'a.