Syrian army liberates strategic hill overlooking Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
The Syrian army has liberated a strategic hill that overlooks the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, as government forces score fresh gains against remnants of foreign-backed Takfiri terrorist groups in the country’s troubled southwest.
Syria’s state television said on Monday that the army had taken control of al-Harah hill in the second day of a major offensive to seize the remaining militant-held parts of southwestern provinces.
Syrian official news agency SANA, citing a military source, also said the army had captured a string of villages, including al-Tiha and Zimrin.
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) also confirmed that Damascus government units had made a "quick advance" against militants in the western part of Dara’a.
"Syrian … forces captured the town of al-Harah, as well as Samlin, al-Tiha and Zimrin," media outlets quoted observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman as saying.
He said the government troops had ousted militants from al-Tiha in a military advance, while armed groups in al-Harah had agreed to a surrender deal.
He added that militants in a nearby town, Nawa, were in talks for a similar agreement.
The surrender deals were reportedly mediated by Russia. In a bid to minimize civilian casualties, both Damascus and Moscow have been initiating talks with militants to make them hand back the areas they control to the government without fighting. The militants have handed over their heavy weapons.
According to the SOHR, Syrian forces are now holding more than 80 percent of Dara'a province.
Now that Dara’a is under the government's control again, the much reported collaboration between Takfiri terrorists and the Israeli regime would effectively be disrupted.
The illegal Zionist entity has beefed up its military presence in the Golan Heights in recent days. The Israeli regime has also been providing weapons to anti-Damascus militants as well as medical treatment to Takfiri elements wounded in Syria.
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