Posted by INTERNATIONALIST 360° on JULY 28, 2018
Army liberates 8 towns and villages in al-Yarmouk basin, moving closer towards ending terrorism in Daraa countryside
28 July، 2018
Daraa, SANA
A military source said that eight villages and towns in al-Yarmouk basin area have been liberated following concentrated operations by Syrian Arab Army units in the far northwestern countryside of Daraa province, which resulted in killing many Daesh (ISIS) terrorists and destroying their hideouts.
The source told SANA on Saturday that army units established control over the villages and towns of Saisoun, al-Awam, Jumla, Ein Hamata, Abu Reqa, Abu Kherj, al-Nafi’a, and Sadd al-Nafi’a.
The source said the army’s operations in these areas left many terrorists dead, adding that the army seized large amounts of weapons and ammo, while engineering units are currently dismantling landmines and IEDs planted by terrorists in the area.
SANA’s correspondent in Daraa said that with these operations, the army is very close to ending terrorist presence in al-Yarmouk basin area and the entirety of Daraa countryside.
Armed groups in Quneitra Countryside continue to hand over heavy and medium weapons to Syrian army
28 July، 2018
Quneitra, SANA
Armed groups positioned in Jubata al-Khashab in Quneitra Countryside have handed over new batches of heavy and medium weapons to the Syrian Arab Army according to the agreement reached earlier.
SANA reporter said that over the past 48 hours, an army unit received from the armed groups a tank, a rocket launcher, two armored vehicles, three SUVs vehicles with 14.5 mm machine guns, a silica, a 122 mm cannon, tank and mortar shells, homemade rocket shells and two 14.5 mm machineguns in addition to various ammunition.
Jubata al-Khashab town and its forests in Quneitra northern countryside posed a den for the terrorist organizations, especially Jabhat al-Nusra which receives various types of weapons and advanced equipment from the Israeli enemy.
On July 19, an agreement was reached in Quneitra which stipulates for the evacuation of terrorists who reject the settlement to Idleb, the settlement of status of those who wish to remain and the return of the Syrian Arab Army to its pre-2011 positions.
Russian Air Force in Syria Destroys UAV Launched Toward Hmeymim Base
An S-400 air defence missile system at the Hmeymim airbase
Sputnik- The Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation has called on the commanders of illegal armed formations to give up provocations and agree to a peaceful settlement of the conflict in areas under their control.
“On the 27th of July, the Russian Air Force detected and destroyed a UAV, launched from the territory under the control of illegal armed formations in the north of the province of Latakia heading towards the Russian air base Hmeymim,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a report, adding that the incident has not resulted in damages or casualties.
The ministry added that “the air target was destroyed by an anti-aircraft missile system [far from] the air base.”
Earlier in July, the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation reported about several drones launched from a militant-controlled area heading toward the Hmeymim base.
A representative of the Hmeymim air base reported that in June, as well as in May and April, UAVs of unknown origin were detected by Russian airspace control units northeast of the air base. All the UAVs were destroyed.
Russian servicemen had been deployed in Syria in the fall of 2015 at the invitation of the Syrian government, which asked for Moscow’s assistance in the fight against terrorism.
In December 2017, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Daesh* had been defeated in Syria. Following the terror group’s destruction, Russian President Putin proclaimed “victory over terrorists” and ordered a partial withdrawal of Russian forces from Syrian soil.
More displaced Syrians return home from Lebanon
28 July، 2018
Damascus Countryside, SANA
A new batch of displaced Syrians has returned from Lebanon via Jdaidet Yabous border crossing where they were taken by buses to their homes in Damascus western countryside.
The returnees expressed relief over the facilitations they were provided on their way back, urging their fellow citizens who have been displaced due to the acts of takfiri terrorists to follow suit.
Over the past few months, displaced Syrians in Lebanon have returned in the hundreds via Jdaidet Yabous and al-Zamrani crossing to their houses in Qalamoun, al-Zabadani and Beit Jinn in Damascus countryside.
Terrorists carried out illegal excavation work and systematic acts of sabotage in archaeological city of Bosra
28 July، 2018
Damascus, SANA
Terrorist groups carried out systematic acts of destruction and sabotage against artefacts of the Archaeological Museum in Bosra al-Sham city, in addition to conducting illegal excavation works with the aim of discovering archaeological treasures and smuggling them out of Syria.
Head of the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums, Mahmoud Hamoud, said that a team from the Directorate of Antiquities visited Bosra city and inspected the situation of its archaeological sites, pointing that illegal excavation work took place in the Old City causing huge damage to its parts, in addition to the destruction of several archaeological buildings.
He added that the terrorist groups also stole the contents of the Archaeological Museum, indicating to the difficulty of estimating the total artefact content uncovered by those terrorists in different sites of the city.
Hamoud underlined cooperation between the Directorate and Bosra Department of Antiquities in order to document damage and set up plans to rehabilitate terror-affected archaeological buildings after the end of military operations to canvass the city and dismantle landmines and explosive devices planted by terrorists.
He highlighted the importance of Bosra as a major archaeological site, containing ruins from Roman, Byzantine, and Muslim times. Further, a magnificent 2nd-century Roman theatre, temples, churches and mosques are found within its great walls.
Hasaka: US Conducts Another Heliborne Operations to Rescue ISIL Terrorists
TEHRAN (FNA)- The US military forces continue illegal heliborne operations and rescued three ISIL terrorists from the Eastern province of Hasaka near the border with Iraq on Saturday.
The sources said that an American military helicopter, accompanied by several military vehicles of the Washington-backed Kurdish militias, conducted a heliborne operation between the villages of Tal Mashhan and Tal Dowayem in al-Ya’arabiyeh region in Eastern Hasaka near the border with Iraq.
The soruces further said that three ISIL members, including an Iraqi terrorist, were rescued in the US heliborne operation and were transferred to an unknown destination.
Similar operations have been underway on a regular basis in the region in spite of the US’ claims of war on ISIL in Syria.
In May, the US forces conducted four more airborne operations in Southeastern Hasaka to rescue a number of entrapped ISIL terrorists, a move done repeatedly by the American forces to provide back up for the terrorist group in Eastern Syria.
Four American military helicopters conducted four sorties of heliborne operations in the villages of al-Qeirawan, Haresat Sinjar, al-Ta’ef and aAbu Kabra, evacuating a group of ISIL terrorists to an unknown location.
The US military forces are carrying out airborne operation in ISIL-held regions once in a while.
In the same month, Russia’s airbase in Lattakia province, known as Humeimim, complained that Washington supported the ISIL terrorists through the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, as the SDF continues pressures against civilians in Deir Ezzur.
Humeimim announced that it gained field reports disclosing that Washington is indirectly supporting and equipping the ISIL terrorists.
It added that Washington supports the ISIL through its illegally created allies, the SDF forces, who pursued disintegration of Syria.
Meantime, local sources in Deir Ezzur reported that the SDF forces detained tens of civilians in the province, including women, children and the elderly, en route from Damascus to the region and prevented their move to the province.
Accelerated steps to rehabilitate the roads, bridges and traffic nodes in Aleppo
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