“The biggest operation to besiege the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group have started in Syria, which is first of a kind in Syria,” a senior Iraqi security official told FNA on Thursday.
He underlined that the operations are expected to exert heavy pressure on the ISIL terrorists.
Noting that the main operations will be staged in Iraq’s al-Anbar province and Syria’s Raqa and countryside of Idlib provinces, he said, “The operations will be conducted through information coordination and intelligence sharing in the joint operations room which includes representatives of Iraq, Syria, Iran and Russia.”
In relevant remarks on Wednesday, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan stressed that the country’s military experts and advisors are taking preparatory actions that will end up in the complete annihilation of the Takfiri groups, including the ISIL terrorists, in Syria.
Dehqan made the remarks in a ceremony in Tehran to commemorate martyrdom of IRGC Commander Brigadier General Hossein Hamadani, who was killed in Northern Syria last Thursday.
He referred to the new joint operations plan of Iran, Syria, Iraq and Russia to destroy the ISIL, and said, “At present, we are witnessing start of new developments in Syria, thanks to the efforts and measures adopted by martyr Hamadani.”
“God willing, these developments will pave the ground for the full annihilation of the Takfiri groups,” Dehqan said.
General Hamadani was killed in Northern Syria last Thursday, while providing military counseling services to the Syrian forces in their fight against the Takfiri terrorists.
“Brigadier General Hamadani was martyred during an attack by the ISIL Takfiri terrorists in the outskirts of the city of Aleppo while fulfilling his duty as military advisor and defending the holy Shiite shrines in the country,” the IRGC said in a statement on Friday.
General Hamadani was in Syria to render military advice to the Syrian army and popular forces in their fight against the ISIL terrorists in the Arab country.
In relevant remarks on Monday, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari underlined that the terrorist groups in Syria will sustain great losses in coming days.
“We will witness great victories in Syria in the next few days,” Jafari said.
Noting that the security of Western Asia, including Iran, is dependent on Syria and the resistance front, he said, “We should support this front with all our power.”
Jafari also warned that the “arrogant powers in the region are after overthrowing the ruling system in Syria to extend their influence in the Muslim states”.
On Wednesday, the army killed and injured a large group of ISIL terrorists in the vicinity of the Air force academy in the Eastern countryside of Aleppo.
A military source said scores of terrorists were killed in Syrian military operations in the neighborhoods of Al-Amerya , Bani Zaid, al-Rashedin and Nan’ana square in Aleppo city. Militants’ ammunition and weapons were also destroyed in the operations.
The army also killed a group of terrorists, and destroyed their vehicles in Kafar Da’el, Zerbe, Mansoura, Koweires and Kafar Hamra in Aleppo countryside.
Meanwhile, the Syrian airstrikes hit ISIL positions in Jebb al-Safa, Hamima, Qasir al-Ward, al-Nasriya, Wadi’a, Sousn hills, Dakouna, Sabe’een, al-Ne’am, Istabl and Faouri, and killed and injured a large group of the Takfiri militants.
Also on Wednesday, the Syrian army and Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance forces reinforced their positions after purging terrorists from the new areas that they have recently won back in the countryside of Aleppo.
“The army and resistance forces fortified their positions with the help of the Russian warplanes in al-Harra and Kafr Tuna in Northeastern Aleppo,” a military source told FNA on Wednesday.
Large groups of Hezbollah forces arrived in Aleppo on Tuesday to join the Syrian army to carry out a large-scale anti-militant operation in the Northern city of Aleppo with the Russian aerial backup.
The source, meantime, dismissed some media reports claiming that the Syrian army had started withdrawal from al-Harra region.
He said that the ISIL tried to take back the newly-seized al-Harra region by launching a suicide attack on the Syrian army’s positions in the vicinity of al-Harra, but failed.
Some pro-ISIL media had claimed that the ISIL had entered al-Harra region and pushed back the Syrian troops and Hezbollah fighters.
After the victory of the Syrian army and Hezbollah in Zabadani and the conclusion a six-month-long ceasefire agreement with the militants in the nearby areas of Syria-Lebanon border, a 200-member group of Hezbollah fighters has been dispatched to the battlefronts in Aleppo.
Sources said that the experienced fighters of Hezbollah, the Syrian army troops and the Russia air force are to carry out a massive joint operation to recapture the second important Syrian city of Aleppo in the coming day.
Syrian Army Kills Terrorists’ Operations Room Commander in Homs
The terrorist commander, Rawad al-Aksah, was killed in Teir Ma’la in Homs countryside. Al-Aksah was in charge of Homs operations room and also led the terrorists in Teir Ma’la.
Reports from Homs said that another top terrorist leader, Amer Moussa Shiblout, has also been identified among the dead.
The Syrian armed forces conducted massive military operations in the Northern and Northeastern countryside of Homs province on Thursday.
Early battlefield reports indicated large casualties among the militants. Reports on Thursday evening said the Syrian army, backed up by the Russian warplanes, still continues marching on militant-held regions.
Meanwhile, the Syrian forces retook full control over Khalidiya village in Homs, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their weapons.
On Wednesday, leader and deputy leader of a main anti-government militant group in Syria’s Homs province were killed along with several other notorious terrorists in a Syrian Army ambush operation.
The army ambushed the terrorist group near al-Samalil village in Southern al-Houleh in the Northern countryside of Homs, killing at least 7 members of the terrorist group, most of them among the most notorious and most wanted terrorists.
The group’s leader, Ammar al-Khodr, and the notorious Chechen terrorist, Abo Anas, were identified among the dead.
The “Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement” also acknowledged the death of the seven terrorists, and said Ammar al-Khodr, who was confirmed dead, was the chief of Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement in al-Houleh.
His deputy and the Movement’s military commander in Homs, Abdullah Barakat, was also among the dead, according to the terrorist group.
Army killed a group of ISIL terrorists, and destroyed their weaponry and ammunition in the city of Palmyra (Tadmour) and Unk al-Hawa village to the East of Homs city on Wednesday.
The Syrian forces also targeted positions of al-Nusra Front in al-Saan al-Shamali, al-Saan al-Aswad and Um Sharshouh in the Northern countryside of Homs, leaving a large group of terrorists dead.
Earlier on Wednesdya, the Syrian army announced that its commandos surrounded and killed all members of a terrorist group in al-Samalil village in the Central Homs province.
The army sources said that al-Samalil village, which was one of the hideouts of the militant groups for a long time, was surrounded and attacked by the army troops in the early hours of Wednesday.
The sources further added that none of the militants remained alive after the army operation.
Dozens of terrorists were reportedly killed in the liberating operation.
On Wednesday, the Syrian armed forces continued their mop-up operations against the ISIL Takfiri militants in Aleppo province, leaving scores of them dead.
The army killed and injured a large group of ISIL terrorists in the vicinity of the Air force academy in the Eastern countryside of Aleppo.
A military source said scores of terrorists were killed in Syrian military operations in the neighborhoods of Al-Amerya , Bani Zaid, al-Rashedin and Nan’ana square in Aleppo city. Militants’ ammunition and weapons were also destroyed in the operations.
The army also killed a group of terrorists, and destroyed their vehicles in Kafar Da’el, Zerbe, Mansoura, Koweires and Kafar Hamra in Aleppo countryside.
Meanwhile, the Syrian airstrikes hit ISIL positions in Jebb al-Safa, Hamima, Qasir al-Ward, al-Nasriya, Wadi’a, Sousn hills, Dakouna, Sabe’een, al-Ne’am, Istabl and Faouri, and killed and injured a large group of the Takfiri militants.
A military source said on Wednesday that the army and popular defense groups clashed with an ISIL group in the vicinity of al-Salihya village in al-Hasaka province, and killed 4 terrorists and confiscated their weapons.
Earlier this month, military sources said that Kurdish forcers of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) regained 17 villages in the countryside of Hasaka in Northeastern Syria.
The sources said that the Kurdish forces liberated all villages in the vicinity of Mount Abdulaziz from the ISIL militants, ARA news reported.
This comes after the ISIL militants launched an offensive on Kurdish-held areas in the countryside of Hasaka, followed by temporary evacuation by the YPG forces who then attacked the ISIL positions and killed more than 100 militants.
The YPG leadership declared Mount Abdulaziz region completely free of ISIL, including the villages of Bidee, Khazaa, Kharaa, Tel Hamam, Jafr Jrada, Hezomiya, Um Bakir, Um Taweel, Um Fakhir and Sfan among others.
The Syrian army retook full control of Amal Farms and its checkpoint in Quneitra countryside, informed sources said.
The Syrian forces continued to advance against the Takfiri militants in Quneitra province.
On Tuesday, a senior terrorist commander was among a group of the Takfiri militants killed in the liberating operation of Tal-Ahmar in Quneitra.
The army, backed by the popular defense groups, regained full control over the Tal Ahmar hill to the North of Khan Arnaba in the Northeastern countryside of the Quneitra on Tuesday, and inflicted heavy losses on terrorists of al-Nusra Front and its affiliated groups.
The self-proclaimed leader of the so-called al-Sabtain Brigade, Mou’atasem al-Tahan aka Abu Mamoun, was among the dead terrorists.
Meanwhile, terrorist groups acknowledged on their social media pages that a number of terrorists, including Alaa Fathi al-Wadi, Omar Nader al-Sa’aid, Ayuob Najim al-Darawsha, Mohannad Hussein al-Tarshan, Bilal Ftaih and Ahmed Mohammad Sweidani, were killed.
On Wednesday, Scores of terrorists were killed and injured during the liberating operation.
The Russian Air Force reportedly bombed the terrorist’ positions around the area and a village located to the Northwest of Hama.
Earlier on Wednesday, military sources announced that over 29 terrorists were killed and several more were wounded in the Syrian army’s offensives in different parts of the provinces of Hama and Idlib.
The sources said that over 12 terrorists were killed in the army attacks on their positions in al-Ghaab plain in Hama province.
The sources added that Khan Sheikhoun area in the Northwestern province of Idlib was the scene of heavy clashes between the Jeish al-Fateh militants (Ahrar al-Sham, al-Nusra Front and Free Syrian Army) and the Syrian army troops, who killed at least 17 militants in the battlefront.
The sources also said that the militant groups in Khan Sheikhoun sustained heavy losses in the battle.
The army also destroyed tanks and armored vehicles of the militants in Tamanna and Skeak towns.
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