Syrian army directs painful blows to militants in several provinces

Units of the Syrian armed forces on Thursday carried out a number of successful operations against the armed militant groups in several provinces, eliminating a number of militants and destroying their hideouts and weapons. A unit of the armed forces carried out a successful operation against militants in Barzeh neighborhood, a military source said, SANA reported. The army also destroyed militants' hideouts in al-Khal area, killing a number of militants, among them a militant nicknamed al-Akid abu Mustafa. Army eliminates militants in Homs and its countryside An official source on Wednesday said that an army unit destroyed armed militant group's hideout in al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city, killing and injuring a number of militants, among them Omar Sweid, Abdel-Qader al-Sarout and Abdel-Ghafar Sharaf-Eddin. The source added that another army unit clashed with militants near Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Bab Hud neighborhood and the Awqaf building in Jouret al-Shaiyyah neighborhood, killing and injuring a number of militants and destroying their weapons. The source pointed out that army units destroyed a number of militants' hideouts in the villages of Kfer Laha, Tal Dahab in al-Hula area and al-Ameriyeh in al-Mushrefeh area, East of Homs, killing and injuring a number of militants.