A military source announced Saturday that army units established control over 21 towns, villages and farms in the area between Daraa and Quneitra countryside were liberated after eliminating all terrorists there.
Armed groups in the towns of Mzerib and Yadoudah in Daraa western countryside on Saturday continued to hand over their heavy and medium arms to the Syrian Arab Army after the two towns joined the local reconciliation.
Militant groups have increased combat activity in Syria’s Idlib, Homs and Latakia provinces, using aerial drones and suicide bombers to attack positions of Syrian government forces, the head of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation said on Friday.
A number of villages, towns and farms were liberated in the countryside of Daraa and Quneitra amid a dramatic collapse in the terrorists’ ranks.
Preparations are underway to evacuate terrorists unwilling for settlement from Um Batina in Quneitra countryside in implementation of the agreement reached to end the terrorist presence in Quneitra countryside.
Freed abductees of Ishtapraq village and hundreds of Kefraya and al-Fouaa towns arrived in Lattakia city on Friday.
The self-described volunteer rescue group has been repeatedly accused by Damascus of being the “media arm” for Syrian jihadist groups, and been charged with staging false flag chemical attacks in a bid to prompt a Western military intervention in Syria.
During the liberation of southern Syria from terrorists, many Syrian military men were freed from captivity. Among them was a lieutenant colonel in the Syrian Army, Tharwan Said, who had been held captive by terrorists for more than four years.
Terrorist groups on Wednesday attacked with a number of rocket shells al-Baath city in Quneitra, causing only material damage to properties.
Aiming to clear out the southern militants bastion of Daraa province, the Syrian Army keep advancing steadily, liberating 6 towns and 3 key hilltops in Northern Daraa .