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Syria army inflicts heavy losses on Nusra Front in Dara'a Province

Saturday, 02 January 2016 3:32 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 02 January 2016 3:32 PM ]

Syrian forces check and clear the area around the Kweyris military airbase, in the east of the northern province of Aleppo, November 14, 2015. (AFP photo)

Syria’s army has conducted an operation against the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front terrorists and other militants, inflicting heavy losses on the Takfiris in the southern part of the country.

The operation was carried out in the province of Dara’a, with the armed forces destroying militant hideouts in several areas leaving a number of terrorists dead, the official SANA news agency quoted a military source as saying on Saturday.

A vehicle belonging to the militants was also destroyed in the offensive in the al-Abbasiya neighborhood in Dara’a al-Balad. All the militants onboard were killed.

The gains came a day after Syrian army units killed and injured members of a terrorist group in the northern countryside of Dara’a.

Army units backed by fighters from allied popular defense groups managed to gain grounds against Takfiri militants in the provinces of Hama, Aleppo, Homs as well as Dara’a on December 31.

In the recent past, Syrian forces have been making rapid advances against terrorists, who are committing heinous crimes against all religious groups, across the crisis-hit country.

The advances of the Syrian government forces against the Daesh Takfiri terror group and other terrorists have been expedited by the air cover provided by Russia, which began on September 30 at the request of the Damascus government.

The crisis in Syria, which flared in March 2011, has so far claimed the lives of over 250,000 people and displaced nearly half of the country’s population within or out of the borders.

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