Syrian army repels Daesh offensive to overrun town in Homs

Syrian forces have thwarted a major attack by Daesh terrorists against the central province of Homs, killing some 22 of the terrorists in fierce clashes.

According to Press TV, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces backed by Russian airstrikes were battling the Takfiri terrorists to prevent them from entering the desert town of al-Sukhna in Homs.  

The UK-based monitoring group also claimed that at least 27 Syrian forces had been killed during the clashes.

The offensive came as the European Union said it is considering more sanctions on Syria as the war-wracked West Asian country is combating the spread of the coronavirus.

Syria slams OPCW report as 'misleading'

On Thursday, Syria dismissed the OPCW reports as "misleading" and based on fabricated information provided by Takfiri terrorists and the so-called civil defense group, White Helmets.

“Syria condemns in the strongest terms what was stated in the report," an unnamed official with the Foreign Ministry said, according to a statement on state media.

“At the same time, it categorically denies that it used toxic gases in the town of Latamneh or in any other Syrian city or village,” said the source.

Russia has also censured the OPCW report as “untrustworthy”, saying the watchdog violated the basic principle of its work by conducting a remote investigation without visiting the sites.

On Wednesday, Russia’s permanent mission at the OPCW described the report as unreliable, saying it depends on investigations that were conducted remotely without visiting the places of incidents based on statements of terrorist groups and the so-called civil defense group White Helmets

Syria compared the OPCW's latest report with the one on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the city of Douma, located about 10 kilometers northeast of the capital Damascus.

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