Terrorists expunged from area close to Syrian capital

Syrian government forces have liberated a terrorist-held territory near the capital Damascus, says a UK-based monitoring group.

According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, terrorists were pushed from the territory, which is located close to the town of Hosh al-Fara in the capital’s East Ghouta region on Wednesday.

Syrian state news agency SANA also reported that a farming area was captured from the terrorists to the east of the town.

The Observatory also noted that the retaken areas were in the hands of the so-called Jaish al-Islam terrorist group, which is in control of most of Eastern Ghouta.

Meanwhile, the Syrian army announced that it has cut off all supply routes to the terrorist-held eastern parts of the embattled city of Aleppo.

Syria’s General Command of the Army and Armed Forces said that units of the armed forces and allied fighters carried out successful operations in Aleppo’s northern areas and managed to cut off all supply lines and corridors used by terrorists to transfer terrorists, weapons and munitions to the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo. 

Syria has been gripped by foreign-sponsored militancy since March 2011. United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura estimates that over 400,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict. The UN has stopped its official casualty count in the Middle Eastern state, citing its inability to verify the figures it receives from various sources.

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