DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – Syrian government forces have discovered considerable amounts of munitions, telecommunication equipment as well as U.S.-built mortar shells at a weapons depot of the Daesh terrorist group in the country’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr near the border with Iraq.
Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that Syrian army troopers launched a clean-up operation in Hasrat town, which lies on the western outskirts of al-Bukamal town, on Saturday and uncovered a huge cache of ammunition and explosives.
The report added that the weapons included 120mm mortars, BM-21 Grad rockets, 107mm rockets, 40mm grenades, anti-tank missiles and a combat-net radio transceiver.
An unspecified number of mines and explosive devices were also found, which Daesh terrorists had planned to use to booby-trap residential buildings.
Terrorists hand over heavy, medium weapons in southwestern Syria
Meanwhile, foreign-backed terrorist groups in the Dara'a al-Balad residential area of Dara’a have begun handing over their heavy and medium weapons to Syrian government troops.
The Syrian army continued military operations against the terrorists in northern Dara'a, and seized control over vital regions.
The army forces engaged in clashes with the terrorists south of the town of Ankhal in northern Dara'a, retaking control of the village of Kharbat al-Saraya and an adjacent hill as well as al-Motawwaq hills.
Terrorists in the town of Jassim in northwestern Dara'a agreed to deliver control of the region and surrender their arms and military equipment to the army soldiers.
Local sources also reported that the terrorists have agreed to render control of the strategic al-Hareh hill in northwestern Dara'a near the Golan Heights in Quneitra province to the army troops, adding that residents of the town have called on the terrorist groups to leave.
A small number of towns and villages in northern and northwestern Dara'a are still under the terrorists' occupation now after the army's recent advance.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed terrorism since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Zionist regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the country.
 
 This picture shows a cache of weapons and arms seized by Syria government forces in the Hasrat town of the country’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr on July 14, 2018.