Syrian government forces have carried out a major clean-up operation in the country’s southwestern province of Rif Dimashq, discovering a considerable amount of US-built and Israeli-made munitions from terrorist hideouts.
An unnamed field commander told Syria’s official news agency SANA that Syrian soldiers launched the operation in the town of Yalda, which lies on the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus, on Saturday to clear the area of hidden explosive devices and ordnance left behind by the militants.
The commander added that the munitions included American BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles, Israeli-made M72 LAW anti-tank weapons, mortar launchers, various-caliber mortars, hand grenades as well as rocket-propelled grenades.
Separately, Syrian army units foiled an attack by Takfiri terrorists on a military post in the country’s west-central province of Hama.
A Syrian military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Syrian troops engaged in a heavy exchange of gunfire with the extremists in al-Suqaylabiyah city, killing and injuring a number of them in the process.
Initial reports indicate that a number of Syrian soldiers lost their lives or sustained gunshot wounds during the clash.