On Tuesday morning in the East Ghouta region of Greater Damascus, the Syrian Arab Air Force (SAAF) dropped thousands of leaflets over a number of cities and villages, warning them of the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) coming offensive to capture the strategic Agricultural College that is currently under the control of Jaysh Al-Islam (Army of Islam) and Jabhat Al-Nusra (Syrian Al-Qaeda group).
Considered one of the most fortified areas in the East Ghouta, the Agricultural College not only possesses the high ground, but it is also surrounded by wide-open farms that makes it very difficult to attack for the enemy forces.
With Jabhat Al-Nusra and Jaysh Al-Islam concentrated on recapturing the Marj Al-Sultan Military Airport, the Syrian Arab Army’s 416th Regiment of the Republican Guard will attempt to hold onto this large base while their comrades from the 102nd Brigade (Republican Guard) attack the Agricultural College.