The Syrian Army units on Saturday re-established full control over 22 towns in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, killing more than 1200 terrorists.
The source added that the army reestablished control over the towns and farms of al-Asilan, al-Fakhha, Khrbet al-Fakhha, al-Mezzeh al-Shamaliyeh, al-Ghar city, Jeb al-Hamam, Maskaneh wheat hermitages, al-Ajouziyeh, al-Ramadaniyeh, al-Masoudiyeh, al-Mahmoudiyeh, Jadiaa kabira and jadiaa Saghira, al-Hamra, al-Nua’imiyeh, alFaisaliyeh, al-Mowaniyeh, al-Kaltah, Um Rejel, Um Hajrah, al-Taybbeh and Rasem al-Ghazal.
It added that more than 1200 ISIL terrorists were killed including Abu Hozaifa al-Lyibi, a military leader of ISIL, and hundreds of others got injured the military operations carried out in the eastern countryside of Aleppo.
Earlier, the Army units, in cooperation with backing forces carried out a number of intensive operations against the ISIL positions in the southeastern countryside of Aleppo, establishing control over the northeastern and middle parts of al-Tweihina Mountains to the east of Khanaser-Athria axis in the southeastern side of Aleppo countryside.
A number of the ISIL terrorists were killed in the operations and their equipment and fortifications were destroyed.
Deir Ezzor
The army units carried out bombardments and airstrikes against ISIL positions and movement axes in Talet Alloush, al-Thardeh roundabout, al-Makabbat, the Panorama area and the surrounding hills, Palmyra road, al-Rashdiyeh neighborhood and in the villages of al-Jenineh and Aiyyash in Deir Ezzor province.
A military source told SANA Saturday that the army operations killed more than 70 ISIL terrorists and destroyed 4 machineguns-equipped vehicles, canons, a tank and a truck.
Meanwhile, SANA reporter in Deir Ezzor said that the army units carried out intensified operations against the ISIL movement axes and gatherings on the axes of the Cemeteries and al-Maqabar areas, al-Thardeh Mountain, Juniad battalion, Talet Alloush, Talet Milad, the Panorama Farms, the youth housing and in the surroundings of 137 regiment.
The source added that the army inflicted heavy losses upon the ISIL terrorists in personnel.
Source: SANA
