Syria Update: Latest Events

Syria Update: Latest Events
October 9, 2013


1. 0:05 - Deir ez-Zor: A large gang of Al-Nusra militants have made a failed attempt to capture one of the Syrian Arab Army bases in the province. The military unit’s personnel successfully rebuffed the terrorists’ attack. The attacking militants had taken heavy casualties before the remainder of them literally ran for their lives away from the area abandoning their weapons. A large number of small arms weapons and ammunition was found scattered around the neighboring area in the next following days.

 
2. 0:42 Al-Hasakah: Al-Nusra militants have continued their terrorist attacks in the area, trying to destabilize situation there and to create an air of fear and insecurity amongst the local population. They have used an improvised explosive device (IED) to blow up a private SUV in one of the city’s main streets. Fortunately, nobody was injured because of the explosion. The damaged SUV and one other car parked nearby were completely destroyed by fire, though. The fire was quickly put out.

3. 1:22 Aleppo: SAA troops have completely secured strategically important Khanaser region from La-Nusra militants. Khanaser area has served as a main supply route to Aleppo province. The Syrian army has also freed the neighboring areas bordering Khanaser district, including the nearby villages. Syrian sappers have checked the local roads and found a large number of IEDs. Humanitarian aid convoys have resumed deliveries of goods to the remote areas of the province.


4. 2:20 Homs: As part of counter-terrorist operation, a secret IED workshop has been discovered that was used by the terrorists to assemble hand-made explosive devices. Investigation is in progress.

5. 2:38 Damascus: Following the Agreements, UN experts have continued their work on establishing the international control and destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons. Syrian Army is providing full support and open access to all storage facilities. All immediate assistance is being given to the UN experts, too.
One of the Syrian Army officers, who had been in charge of the counter-terrorist operation aimed at securing the area adjacent to the road leading to the Damascus Airport, has talked about the details of that operation. The road travel has been getting increasing safer since the beginning of the operation. Separate local residential facilities, like small houses and private gardens in the area, are still being checked by the Army troops. Districts of Betseham, Akroba, Akhdav and Shabaa have been totally freed of terrorists. As a result, large numbers of Al-Nusra militants and foreign mercenaries, including from Russia’s North Caucasus, were destroyed.
ANNA News filming crewmembers have also travel the road all the way from the city of Damascus to the Airport, having ascertained the safety of the route.


Contributors: Marat Musin, Igor Nadyirshin, Andrey Filatov, Victor Kuznetsov, from Syria.

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