Syrian army troops gain more ground in Eastern Ghouta

The Syrian government forces have managed to make further advances on the terrorists’ lines in terrorist-held Eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus, tightening the noose around the foreign-backed Takfiri terror groups, which have held captive several hundred thousands of people in the flashpoint enclave.

According to Press TV, some three weeks after the commencement of a full-scale offensive aimed at liberating Eastern Ghouta from the grips of Takfiri terrorists, the Syrian troops succeeded in taking the control of more than half of the volatile enclave, moving closer to recapturing the region rests on the edge of Damascus.

The government forces have already managed to slice the enclave in three isolated pockets, making it extremely difficult for terrorists to move from a section to another as reinforcement.

According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the army troopers and pro-government forces on Monday used Medeira, a town retaken a day earlier, as a “launching pad” to carry out a fresh attack on terrorists in an attempt to push against areas closest to the capital.

The other two areas, which are still in militant’s hands, are Douma, the enclave’s largest town to the north, and the zone around Hammuriyeh and other towns to the south.

Militant groups active inside the enclave, particularly the so-called Jaish al-Islam Takfiri outfit and the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Takfiri terrorist group, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, are still trying to prevent civilians from leaving the enclave as they constantly target the safe passages of al-Wafideen and Jisreen with shells and explosive bullets.

On Sunday, at least four civilians lost their lives and nearly a dozen others sustained injuries after Nusra Front terrorists shelled residential neighborhoods in and around Damascus with mortar fire.

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