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SYRIAN ARMY CONTINUES CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS IN KASSAB
Press TV, Iran
June 17 2014
Syrian soldiers continue their clean-up operations in Kassab near
the border with Turkey after recapturing the strategic town from
foreign-backed militants, Press TV reports.
According to Press TV, Syrian army engineers have combed through
Kassab, situated in the coastal province of Latakia, and defused a
large amount of explosives and mortars after liberating the town.
"Kassab is in a mountainous border area and close to the Syrian coast.
Militants were trying to establish control over parts of the Syrian
coastal area and create a buffer zone near the Turkish border to
facilitate their movement into Syria. We foiled their scheme,"
a Syrian army official told Press TV.
On June 14, Syrian government forces retook control of Kassab from the
Takfiri groups and reestablished security there. Many terrorists were
killed in the army operation. Kassab's residents have begun returning
home following the town's liberation.
The ethnic Armenian-inhabited town had been under siege by extremists
from various militant groups, including the al-Qaeda-affiliated
al-Nusra Front.
Also on June 5, Syrian troops regained control of the town of al-Thawra
in Kiswah district near the capital, Damascus, killing a large number
of militants. Sources said that army forces also destroyed militant
hideouts in the nearby town of Zakia.
Over the past months, Syrian armed forces have achieved major victories
in their battle against the Takfiri groups operating against the
Damascus government.
Syria has been gripped by deadly violence for more than three years.
Some reports say more than 160,000 people have been killed and millions
of others displaced due to the turmoil fueled by the foreign-backed
militants.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/06/17/367330/syria-army-combs-liberated-town/
Press TV, Iran
June 17 2014
Syrian soldiers continue their clean-up operations in Kassab near
the border with Turkey after recapturing the strategic town from
foreign-backed militants, Press TV reports.
According to Press TV, Syrian army engineers have combed through
Kassab, situated in the coastal province of Latakia, and defused a
large amount of explosives and mortars after liberating the town.
"Kassab is in a mountainous border area and close to the Syrian coast.
Militants were trying to establish control over parts of the Syrian
coastal area and create a buffer zone near the Turkish border to
facilitate their movement into Syria. We foiled their scheme,"
a Syrian army official told Press TV.
On June 14, Syrian government forces retook control of Kassab from the
Takfiri groups and reestablished security there. Many terrorists were
killed in the army operation. Kassab's residents have begun returning
home following the town's liberation.
The ethnic Armenian-inhabited town had been under siege by extremists
from various militant groups, including the al-Qaeda-affiliated
al-Nusra Front.
Also on June 5, Syrian troops regained control of the town of al-Thawra
in Kiswah district near the capital, Damascus, killing a large number
of militants. Sources said that army forces also destroyed militant
hideouts in the nearby town of Zakia.
Over the past months, Syrian armed forces have achieved major victories
in their battle against the Takfiri groups operating against the
Damascus government.
Syria has been gripped by deadly violence for more than three years.
Some reports say more than 160,000 people have been killed and millions
of others displaced due to the turmoil fueled by the foreign-backed
militants.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/06/17/367330/syria-army-combs-liberated-town/