As Damascus appears poised to liberate Syria’s southwestern territories from terrorists, the Syrian army has deployed a large military force in preparation for a possible major offensive in the region.
The Syrian army has defused a total of 18 improvised explosive devices, four mines, and seven projectiles in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk located south of Damascus, Russia’s Syrian reconciliation center said in a statement on Monday.
A Sputnik video shows a Daesh training camp in the Hama province for children, who are also known as the “Young Lions of the Caliphate.”
Authorities discovered on Sunday IEDs, land mines, various kinds of shells , Saudi-made toxic materials, and a network of connected tunnels and trenches left over by terrorists, while canvassing the towns of Yalda and Babila in south Damascus.
People from the towns of Yelda, Babila, and Beit Sahm gathered in the Martyrs Square in Babila to take part in a public event in which the Syrian flag was raised in celebration of the return of state establishments to the three towns after the liberation of the south of Damascus from terrorism.
Earlier this week, the Syrian army fully liberated Damascus from terrorists. Retired Syrian Brigadier-General Hesam Hassun, in an interview with Sputnik, spoke about the future of the liberation of his country from terrorists.
No agreement was reached between the Syrian Arab army and Daesh (ISIS) terrorist organization in al-Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood in southern Damascus, a military source said in a statement to SANA.
A total of 9,368 militants and their relatives have been relocated from Syria’s Homs de-escalation zone since Monday, Maj. Gen. Yuri Yevtushenko, the commander of the Russian reconciliation center for Syria, said Saturday.
The Syrian Armed Forces will soon separate into two parts the southern districts of Damascus, held by Daesh terrorist group, Gen. Mehsen Nafnuf said.
Daesh terrorist group is reportedly preparing to launch new attacks on the Syrian Army positions in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor in order to hinder the government forces’ advances on area south of Damascus.