Alwaght- Syrian troops in cooperation with allied forces, established control over a number of the strategic hills spread over an area of up to 100 square kilometers in the southeastern countryside of Sweida.
According to local media sources, Syrian forces continue their offensive launched last Friday against ISIS terrorists in the southeastern countryside using various types of light and medium weapons.
Military sources say that the operation has so far resulted in the liberation of about 100 square kilometers and establishing full control over Tal Assadi, Tal Jarin, Tal al-Rayahin and Bir al-Sabouni, after eliminating the last gatherings of ISIS in those areas.
Army units combed the area completely and dismantled the mines and IEDs and fixed their points in it and began to expand their operation in chasing the terrorists in the direction of Bir al-Sout.
Elsewhere, Syrian Air Force jets bombarded ISIS positions in al-Bawlieh Mountain, Ma'adan subdistrict, al-Khamaiseh, al-Jaber and al-Numaisa districts south of the northern city of Raqqah.
Meanwhile, in Salamiyah district of the central province of Hama, Syrian military aircraft pounded ISIS positions, inflicting heavy losses on their ranks.
Syria has been fighting different foreign-sponsored militant and terrorist groups since March 2011. The government in Damascus blames Western countries especially the US and Britain and their regional allies’ particularity Saudi Arabia of being behind the carnage by terrorists in the country which has left nearly half a million Syrians dead.
