Army destroys a den and vehicles of ISIS terrorists in Sweida countryside

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jouhina news,

A unit of the army and armed forces on Thursday morning carried out a special operation against dens of ISIS terrorists in the northeastern countryside of the southern Sweida province.

A military source told SANA that a unit of the army bombarded a den of ISIS terrorists with their vehicles in the surroundings of Tal Sa’ad in the northeastern countryside of the province.

The source added that a number of terrorists were killed and others were injured, and their machinegun- equipped vehicles were destroyed in the bombardments.

Earlier on Wednesday, authorities arrested, in cooperation with locals, members of an armed terrorist group in a thicket in the southeastern countryside of Sweida province.

Initial investigations showed that the terrorists -17 in number- were heading to the east of the Province where terrorist organization of “the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria” ISIS members spread, pointing out the continuation of investigations.

Also, Wednsday a unit of the Army and Armed Forces, in cooperation with popular defense groups, thwarted an attempt by a group of ISIS terrorists to infiltrate from the direction of Sa’ad hill and Kherbet Sa’ad towards the surroundings of al-Boutheina field and hill, 35 kilometers to the northeast of Sweida city.