TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian army units killed all members of armed militant groups, including several Yemeni, Iraqi and Palestinian nationals, in Lattakia Countryside, and destroyed the large cache of ammunition, missiles and explosives.
A military source said that an army unit killed members of an armed militant group that attempted to infiltrate from al-Koum village to Kherbet al-Baz, adding that the body of the militant Abu Mosaab al-Ansari was identified among the killed militants, Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
The source added that 23 militants were also killed in Tartah village, as a car loaded with missiles and explosives and a heavy machinegun-equipped vehicle were destroyed.
The body of the Palestinian terrorist Abu Ghaith al-Ghazawi, an al-Nusra Front leader, was identified among the dead.