The sources reported that the army men managed to advance against terrorists in the Grain Mill Company near the Vehicles Management Center in Eastern Ghouta and captured more positions, moving towards the Modira neighborhood and other Eastern neighborhoods in Harasta.
The sources went on to say that the army units managed to capture several buildings in al-Hada’eq neighborhood in Harasta, adding that the army soldiers targeted terrorists’ movements in al-Ajami neighborhood in Harasta and destroyed a vehicle of Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at or the Levant Liberation Board), killing the entire terrorists on board.
The sources added that the army’s artillery and missile units pounded terrorists’ strongholds in farms between Harasta and Douma, inflicting major losses on the militants. In the meantime, the army forces repelled terrorists’ heavy offensive near Technical Institute in the Vehicles Management Center, killing or wounding a number of gunmen.
Field sources said on Monday that the Central network of the Russia-run Humeimim airbase announced that the Russian fighter jets pounded the strongholds of the terrorist group that were considered as threats to the de-escalation zone agreement in Eastern Ghouta.
The Humeimim center further said that the fighter jets’ attacks were carried out after the terrorists said openly that they attacked the Syrian Army positions by the bomb-laden vehicles.
Military analysts said that the Russian air force’s back up in the battle against the terrorists in the region will help the Syrian troops to continue their operation to capture Arbin triangle, Mesraba, Harasta and a security circle around the Vehicles Management Center to protect it against terrorists’ threats.
Field reports said that the terrorists intended to expand the lands under their control and connect their positons in Harasta to Arbin and Mesraba and also lay siege on the Vehicles Management Centers and the governor’s office, but their plan was foiled by the army’s vigilance.