DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – The Syrian Army has resumed artillery bombardment of terrorist positions in the area of Tulul al-Safa, a hilly region near a local volcanic plateau in Syria's As-Suwayda province.
Speaking to Sputnik Arabic, a Syrian military source explained that fighting resumed after Daesh broke a truce which would have seen the terrorists’ surrender.
Last Tuesday, terrorists occupying the Tulul al-Safa heights reached a ceasefire, agreeing that Daesh would surrender their weapons after being completely surrounded by Syrian troops. However, less than a day later, the terrorists attacked the army, with the attack said to have been successfully foiled, killing and injuring several dozen terrorists.
Syrian command decided to resume bombardment of Daesh remnants in the region, with artillery, multiple rocket launcher systems and air power deployed against them. The ultimate aim is to completely smash the terrorists before the start of Syria's rainy season, which traditionally begins in November.
The Syrian army began to clear the As-Suwayda desert in late July following a major attack on the city of Suweida and the surrounding countryside which left hundreds of civilians dead and wounded. Since then, the army has cleared about 3,000 square kilometers of the territory, with the remaining terrorists trapped at Tulul al-Safa.
In another development, the Syrian government forces continue mine clearance in the city of Darayya, located just five miles to the southwest of Damascus, and expect to complete the process in one month, a Syrian serviceman said on Tuesday.
"In the nearby building, we found a large amount of ammunition. We inspect house by house, street by street. We bring everything here to the wasteland, where we have deep pits. It is there that we detonate the mines that we find, shells and other explosive objects… We continue the demining. Eight sappers are working in this area. We think that it will take us a month to completely clear the city [of mines]," a serviceman from the Syrian government forces told journalists.

This file picture shows members of the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, terrorist group in an undisclosed location in Syria.