Syrian army hits militants\' gatherings in several areas

Syrian army units on Monday carried out massive operations against militants' concentration centers and dens, killing dozens, injuring others and destroying their weapons in several areas around the country. Militants' dens, heavy weaponry destroyed in Aleppo Militants' gatherings were destroyed at the hands of the army soldiers in the areas of Beniamin, al-Kastello and al-Ziara and around Aleppo Central Prison and al-Kindi Hospital in Aleppo, a military source told SANA. Army units, the source added, destroyed militants' dens, rocket launch pads and mortars in the villages of al-Jadida, Kweires and Nasrallah. Armed militant groups were wholly eliminated with all of their members killed in Ein al-Jamajmeh village, while weapons and ammunition loaded in militants' cars were destroyed on al-Bab-Aleppo road. Members of armed militant groups killed in several areas in Idlib Army members killed members of armed militant groups in the areas of Dawar al-Dalleh in Maaret al-Numan and Kafr Battikh, Fillon, Korin and Binnesh. The militants' cars which were loaded with arms and ammunition were destroyed. Militants ambushed, heavy weapons destroyed in Damascus Countryside An army unit ambushed a group of militants in Abo al-Shamat to the East of al-Dmeir city in Damascus Countryside, according to a military source. The source said that a number of the militants were killed and others were arrested, while their 23 mm anti-aircraft gun, 14.5 mm cannon, automatic rifles and RPG launchers were destroyed. Armed militant groups eliminated, weapons destroyed in Lattakia countryside Army units eliminated armed militant groups in the villages of al-Beida and al-Rawda in the Northern countryside of Lattakia Province, a military source said. The source pointed out that cars loaded with missiles and different sorts of weapons were destroyed during the military operations. Six militants killed, others injured in Hasaka countryside Army units killed 6 militants and destroyed their cars which are loaded with weapons and ammunition in Kharab Askar and Tal al-Jayer areas in Qamishli countryside, according to an official source. The source said that the army inflicted direct losses upon the militants and destroyed their gatherings and hideouts in the areas near Life Stone resort, al-Sad al-Gharbi and the poultries in the Western countryside of Hasaka.