‘Southern Damascus Liberated Due to Syrian Troops’ Courage’
DAMASUCS (Dispatches) – The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has felicitated the liberation of neighborhoods south of the Syrian capital Damascus from the Daesh terrorist group, saying the courage and competence of government troops and allied fighters from popular defense groups made it happen.
The takeover of al-Hajar al-Aswad district, located just four kilometers (2.4 miles) south of the center of Damascus, and the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp marks a historic victory for the anti-Zionist resistance front, which is fighting to cleanse the entire Syrian territory from the presence of terrorists, Hezbollah said in a statement released on Wednesday.
Hezbollah extended its sincere congratulations to the Syrian government and nation for the recent territorial gains.
On Monday, the General Command of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces announced in a statement that complete security was restored to Damascus and its countryside after al-Hajar al-Aswad district and al-Yarmouk camp had been totally purged of Daesh terrorists.
The development was preceded by flushing the terrorists out of the towns of Yalda, Babbila and Beit Sahem on the southern outskirts of Damascus.
Syrian army troops and pro-government fighters had been fighting since April 19 to recapture the area covering Yarmouk camp and the adjacent districts of Qadam, Tadamun and al-Hajar al-Aswad.
In another development, Syrian army soldiers and pro-government fighters have repelled Daesh terrorist attacks on a number of military sites in the eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr near the border with Iraq.
Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that Daesh terrorists sought to attack army outposts on the outskirts of Mayadin town, located about 44 kilometers southeast of the provincial capital city of Dayr al-Zawr, but were confronted by units of government troops and their allies.
An unidentified number of terrorists were killed and wounded in the process, and their munitions destroyed.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.
The Syrian government, backed by Russian warplanes, has managed to liberate swathes of territory it lost following the outbreak of the crisis from the control of the terrorists.
Since February, the Syrian army, backed by Russia, has been engaged in a major push to rid Damascus and the surrounding areas of terrorist groups.
A member of the Syrian pro-government forces carries the national flag as he stands in front of damaged buildings in the Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp on the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus on May 22, 2018.
The takeover of al-Hajar al-Aswad district, located just four kilometers (2.4 miles) south of the center of Damascus, and the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp marks a historic victory for the anti-Zionist resistance front, which is fighting to cleanse the entire Syrian territory from the presence of terrorists, Hezbollah said in a statement released on Wednesday.
Hezbollah extended its sincere congratulations to the Syrian government and nation for the recent territorial gains.
On Monday, the General Command of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces announced in a statement that complete security was restored to Damascus and its countryside after al-Hajar al-Aswad district and al-Yarmouk camp had been totally purged of Daesh terrorists.
The development was preceded by flushing the terrorists out of the towns of Yalda, Babbila and Beit Sahem on the southern outskirts of Damascus.
Syrian army troops and pro-government fighters had been fighting since April 19 to recapture the area covering Yarmouk camp and the adjacent districts of Qadam, Tadamun and al-Hajar al-Aswad.
In another development, Syrian army soldiers and pro-government fighters have repelled Daesh terrorist attacks on a number of military sites in the eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr near the border with Iraq.
Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that Daesh terrorists sought to attack army outposts on the outskirts of Mayadin town, located about 44 kilometers southeast of the provincial capital city of Dayr al-Zawr, but were confronted by units of government troops and their allies.
An unidentified number of terrorists were killed and wounded in the process, and their munitions destroyed.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.
The Syrian government, backed by Russian warplanes, has managed to liberate swathes of territory it lost following the outbreak of the crisis from the control of the terrorists.
Since February, the Syrian army, backed by Russia, has been engaged in a major push to rid Damascus and the surrounding areas of terrorist groups.
A member of the Syrian pro-government forces carries the national flag as he stands in front of damaged buildings in the Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp on the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus on May 22, 2018.