Syrian soldiers kill 30 Nusra Front terrorists in, around Aleppo
At least 30 al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front militants have been killed in a series of mop-up operations by the Syrian army across the country’s embattled northwestern province of Aleppo.
A military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Syrian government forces stormed militant hideouts in the villages of Sheikh Lotfi, Koyres, Arbid and Rasm al-Abd as well as near the Aleppo International Airport on Tuesday, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported.
The source added that several pickup trucks belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked Takfiris with heavy machine guns mounted on them as well as considerable amounts of munitions were also destroyed during the offensives.
Syrian army troopers also targeted terrorist bases in the Bastan al-Basha, Bani Zayd, New Aleppo, Karm al-Maysar and Bustan al-Qasr neighborhoods of Aleppo, which is located 355 kilometers (220 miles) north of the capital, Damascus.
The foreign-sponsored conflict in Syria, which flared in March 2011, has claimed the lives of more than 250,000 people and left over one million injured, according to the United Nations (UN).
The world body says 12.2 million people, including more than 5.6 million children, remain in need of humanitarian assistance. The foreign-sponsored militancy has displaced 7.6 million people.
Almost 1.2 million people have been internally displaced, and the UN expects another million to be displaced by the end of the current year in light of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria.
Assad: Crackdown on pro-Palestine protests exposes West’s state of panic
Daesh attack kills 13 Syrian army troops, allied forces: Report
Israeli airstrike on Damascus leaves eight Syrian soldiers injured
AFC backs Palestine’s bid for Israel suspension from FIFA over Gaza war
Five Israeli troops killed in 'friendly fire' in Gaza
ICJ to hear South Africa's call to halt Israel’s Rafah offensive
VIDEO | Press TV’s news headlines
Hezbollah hits base of giant spy blimp in 'deepest strike' against Israel
VIDEO | BBC: History of lies
VIDEO | University of Calgary: Pro-Palestine encampment attacked by police
Putin in China on 1st state visit after re-elected as Russia’s president
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
