Friday, February 20, 2015

Scores of Rebels Killed As Syrian Army Operations Continue Across the Country
20/02/2015

Provinces, SANA – Units of the army and armed forces continued on Friday to strike terrorists’ dens and hideouts in several areas across the country, killing numbers of them and destroying their weapons.

Quneitra

After stepping up operations in Quneitra over the past days, the army units continued hunting down members of takfiri organizations in the southern province of Quneitra, inflicting more losses upon their ranks.

A unit of the army killed many terrorists after it had been following their movements and gatherings in the northern part of al-Hamidiyeh village, a military source told SANA.

In the eastern part of Quneitra countryside, army units expanded their operations in southeast of al-Samadaniyeh al-Gharbiyeh, killing many terrorists and leaving others wounded, in addition to destroying their weapons and ammunition.

Idleb

Units of the army and armed forces carried out special operations against terrorist organizations in the countryside of the northern Idleb province.

A military source told SANA that an army unit targeted and directly hit dens of terrorists in Taftanaz in northeastern Idleb, leaving many of them dead, in addition to inflicting losses on them in equipment.

Another army unit, the source added, killed a number of terrorists and injured many others in al-Yaqoubiyeh village in Jisr al-Shughour.

Military operations continued in Abu al-Duhour area to hunt down the fleeing members of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization in the surrounding villages and towns.

The operations were focused in Tal Salmo, Um Jerin and al-Hamidiyeh, where many terrorists were killed, while their weapons and ammunition were destroyed, according to the source.

Homs

An army unit razed a gathering of terrorists in al-Tleileh area, southwest of Palmyra in the countryside of the central Homs province.

A military source told SANA that many terrorists were killed and others were wounded during the operation.

More members of takfiri terrorist organizations were killed in army’s strikes on their gatherings in the villages of Unq al-Hawa and al-Msheirfeh al-Shmaliyeh in the eastern countryside of Homs, according to the source.

Daraa

A military source said an army unit killed and injured all members of a terrorist group in Daraa al-Balad area in Daraa province.

Army units targeted terrorist gatherings in the town of al-Habariye and northwest of Qarin hill in Daraa countryside, killing a number of terrorists and injuring others, while another unit prevented a terrorist group from sneaking towards a military point from al-Hirak town, eliminating all of the group’s members.

Damascus Countryside

Army unit killed large numbers of terrorists in Tulul Fatima in southwestern Damascus Countryside, according to a military source.


EU lawmaker: West fast-tracked access of terrorists to Syria

20/02/2015
ماروشيك

Warsaw, SANA- President of the Polish Congress of the New Right Michael Marusik, who is a European Parliament member, affirmed that the West’s flawed policies about Syria have led to terrorist organizations permeating the Arab country.

During his meeting with Dr. Idriss Mayya, charge d’affaires of the Syrian embassy in Warsaw, Poland’s capital and largest city, Marusik called on all countries to reconsider their stances towards Syria and to start supporting Syrian government in combating terrorism.

He also pointed to a tangible shift inside the European Parliament vis-à-vis the crisis in Syria, highlighting his role in clarifying the truth about the situation in Syria and the danger of spreading terrorism not only in Syria but also in the entire region and Europe.

“Our countries’ future had been drawn after World War II by great powers,” he noted.

“President Bashar al-Assad is struggling for Syria to preserve its independence and for the Syrian people to have their own right in drawing their future by themselves, in which you have our support,” Marusik added.

For his part, Dr. Mayya briefed Marusik on the latest developments in Syria and its war against terrorism which is supported by well-known regional countries, asserting that the Syrian government and people are determined to combat terrorism and fight terrorist organizations.

European diplomats revealed on Wednesday that European countries which had ambassadors withdrawn from Damascus have started to realize that time is ripe for further communication with Syria, especially against the backdrop of an expansion of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the region.

Manar al-Frieh/Manal Ismael

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