Syria in Past 24 Hours: Army Imposes Heavy Defeat on Terrorists in Homs

The Syrian Army troops continued to attack the positions of Al-Nusra Front in Southern Aleppo and managed to capture several regions North of Abu al-Dhohour airbase in Southeastern Idlib.

The army men stormed Al-Nusra's strongholds in Tal (hill) al-Zaman in Southern Aleppo and seized back the villages of al-Hayana and al—Halaywa.

The army men further beat back the Al-Nusra from the village of Batiha North of the village of Tal Maseh.

A field source pointed to 5 km advance of the army in Tal al-Zaman and Hadher towards Abu al-Dhohour airbase and said that the airbase will go under the army's siege from the Southern, Eastern and Northern directions.

Also in the past 24 hours, Abu Naser Qudsiya, the notorious field commander of Al-Nusra Front, was killed in clashes with the Syrian Army in the Northwestern province of Idlib, fields sources confirmed.

The sources said that the army exchanged heavy fire with Al-Nusra in Northern Hama and Southeastern Idlib.

Also, the Syrian Air Force carried out a number of combat sorties over the positions and movements of terrorists in the towns and villages of Morek, Kafr Zita, Skeik, Abedin, Ma'arat al-Nu'aman, destroying the entire positions of the terrorists and inflicting heavy casualties on them, the sources said.

They further added that Al-Nusra's senior Field Commander Abu Naser Qudsiya was killed in the army operation in the region.

Also, army sources said on Thursday that government troops have purged over 1,000 sq-km of land in Southeastern Idlib after beating terrorists back from 90 regions.

The sources said that the army men have liberated 90 villages and towns in Southeastern Idlib in their anti-terrorism operation in recent weeks, killing a large number of terrorists, including several high-ranking commanders.

The sources further said that the army has cleaned over 1,000 sq-km of land in Sinjar, al-Tamanna and Abu al-Dhohour regions of terrorists, adding that the army's control over 1,000 sq-km of territories will help it launch fresh operations in Ma'arat al-Nu'aman region and the town of Saraqib that is the second defense line of the terrorists towards Idlib city.

The sources added that the army inflicted major losses on the terrorists and seized over 50 armored vehicles, several tanks and a large volume of arms and ammunitions in the operation in Southeastern Idlib.