Aleppo, SANA – Army units in Aleppo reacted to violations by Jabhat al-Nusra-linked terrorist groups of the cessation of hostilities agreement in the country, hitting their positions in various areas in the city and countryside of Aleppo.
Some armed groups operating in the southern and western parts of Aleppo that previously announced their affiliation to the “opposition” have recently put themselves under the command of Jabhat al-Nusra leadership and got involved in provocations and breaches of the agreement.
The army operations in the countryside targeted terrorists’ hideouts in the vicinity of Khan Touman town and in the villages of al-Eis and Muweilih, a military source told SANA on Saturday.
Fortified centers and vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns and laden with ammunition were destroyed, while a number of terrorists were killed as a result of the operations.
More positions and hideouts of those terrorist groups were hit and destroyed in the areas of Handarat Camp and Abd Rabbeh on the northern outskirts of Aleppo city, according to the source.
At least 14 terrorists were acknowledged to have been killed in the vicinity of Handarat Camp area, according to terrorist groups’ social media pages.