9 July 2013 - 16:36
Syrian Army Eliminates Jabhat al-Nusra Terrorists in Several Areas

Syrian army units continued pursuing terrorist groups in Homs and its countryside, inflicting heavy losses upon them.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A source in the province told SANA that a unit of the armed forces killed a number of terrorists in al-Khalidieh neighborhood in the city of Homs, among them terrorists, Hatim Rashid al-Refae, Refa't al-Refae and Mu'taz Khalil al-Amer from the so-called Al-Tawhid Brigade.

Another unit of the armed forces killed a number of terrorists from the so-called Rijal Allah Battalion near the sports club in al-Rastan city.

Leader of a terrorist group Obeid Hassan Obeid, nicknamed Abi Allaith, and terrorists Mossa al-Khaled, Mustafa Shamir and Osama Zabateh were identified among the dead.

A unit of the armed forces clashed with a terrorist group which was trying to flee across al-Bke'aa plain East of Talkalakh in Homs towards Lebanon.

The news agency quoted an official source in the province as saying that the clash resulted in the killing and injury of a number of terrorists.

The source added that another unit of the armed forces clashed with a terrorist group between al-Na'mieh and Saddad villages East of Homs, killing two terrorists, arresting a terrorist and seizing a car loaded with various kinds of weapons .

The source said that units of the armed forces destroyed terrorists' gatherings in the villages of al-Hosn and al-Taybieh al-Gharbieh in al-Hula area, Homs countryside, killing and injuring a number of terrorists.

Meanwhile, units of the armed forces inflicted heavy losses upon Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists, killing a number of them in Hama countryside.

A military source said that the army carried out qualitative operations against terrorists' gatherings in al-Habit and al-Hwash villages in al-Ghab area.

The operation resulted in the killing and injury of a number of terrorists and the destruction of their tools and equipment, the source added.

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