Syrian army chasing militants in several areas

The Syrian army on Thursday continued hunting down armed militant groups in several provinces. Army pursues militants in Damascus Countryside Units of the armed forces pursued armed militant groups in Htaitit al-Turkman, Damascus Countryside, killing a large number of their members and destroying their tools, Syrian Arab News Agency reported. Army eliminates non-Syrian militants in Daraa and its countryside In Daraa, a military source said that a unit of the armed forces destroyed a number of tunnels extended from the Sports club towards Abu Khaceibeh building and al-Sad and the camp road with all the weapons and ammunition inside them. The source added that a number of militants were eliminated in Bosra square, surrounding 7 of April School, al-Mualimin roundabout and in al-Bahar neighborhood in Daraa city, among them Bashar Tayssir Aba Zaid, Bahaa Ahmad Khalifeh and Ihab Ahmad Ali. An army unit eliminated an armed militant groups attacked a military checkpoint near Tafas, while other army units clashed with militants in Izra, Boser al-Harir, al-Miskiya, Nawa, al-Za'arour, al-Hanout and Saida al-Golan, killing scores of militants among them Ahmad al-Harifi from Saudi Arabia in addition to Mohammad Hussein al-Isawi, the leader of an armed militant group and Abdul-Rahman al-Awad. An army unit destroyed two militants' cars loaded with weapons and ammunition. Twelve militants were killed and several others were injured due to the explosion of an explosive device while they were planting it on the entrance of Nimer village in Daraa countryside. Militants killed and injured in Homs Army units pursued members of armed militant groups in Sadad and Mahin towns, and they foiled, in cooperation with residents, infiltration attempt into Arak village in al-Sukhneh in Homs Province. A military source said that army units clashed with members of armed rebel groups that infiltrated from Mahin town, killing many of them. The source added that armed militant groups' attempt of infiltration into Arak village was foiled, as many militants were killed, others were injured and their weapons were destroyed. The source pointed out that army units inflicted heavy losses upon militants in Bab Hood and al-Qussour neighborhoods and in the villages of al-Dar al-Kabira and al-Khalediyeh, destroying a car loaded with weapons and ammunition.