Syria Update: Latest Events
December 4, 2013
Damascus. Al-Nusra Front terrorists have continued their barbaric attacks with mortar and rocket fire on the cities and townships of Syria. In one of the attacks recently, a mortar has exploded near the famous Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus. Located in the old city of Damascus, the Umayyad Mosque is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world considered by some Muslims to be the fourth-holiest place in Islam.
The famous site is locate in the heart of Damascus is always full of people. The mortar explosion lead to 11 people being seriously injured including children. Some of the wounded victims are currently in critical condition in hospitals.
Damascus province. Intense fighting has continued in and around the city of Al Qalamun where a numerous al-Nusra Front-affiliated terrorist group also known as Liwa al-Islam largely made of mercenaries had put up severe resistance. Mountainous terrain and heavily fortified multiple townships in the area make it particularly difficult for the army counterterrorism units to continue their movements there.
The province of Damascus has seen some progress in the Syrian army counterterrorism operations that led to freeing from terrorists the famous Hosh Plass Industrial Area. The Syrian army troops, securing the area, have witnessed total devastation and destruction inside the industrial facility inflicted upon it by the terrorists. All the machinery tools and equipment of the workshops there had been dismantled and stolen or simply destroyed by the terrorists. Most of the plant buildings had been rigged with landmines and explosive devices.
The local kindergarten had also been marked by the terrorists’ presence there. After finding out that there was pretty much nothing to plunder, the bandits ravaged children’s furniture and toys, also ripping out and taking away electric cables from the power boxes. Local administrative buildings and dwelling houses have also been looted.
During security checks, a mass grave of previously killed militants have also been discovered in the area. In order to make their subsequent identification impossible, the bodies of the dead mercenary fighters had been burned prior to being buried by the terrorists.
The Syrian army have taken in control the city of Dayr Atiyah, thwarting the terrorists’ desperate resistance there. The scanty residents, who had remained in the area, were gladly welcoming their liberators. During their fierce fighting, the Al-Nusra Front bandits have taken heavy losses there. The militants’ dead bodies could be seen scattered across the city. According to their identification documents, there are many foreign mercenaries among the killed militants.
Careful examination and security checks are being carried out currently by the Syrian army units in and around the city. Syrian army sappers are at work, too. A large quantity of forlorn weapons and ammunition have been found in the area. Scores of improvised landmines have been disarmed.
The outer rural boundaries of the city of Dayr Atiyah have disclosed a number of lengthy and well-fortified underground tunnels that connected the city outskirts with the urban areas. Security checks are going on.
In Damascus province, some of the former bandits, who had been forced to join the terrorist groups by force or intimidation, or through deceit, have used the opportunity of the general amnesty – issued earlier by President Bashar Assad – and laid down their arms surrendering themselves to the authorities. After a proper investigation, those of them who had not taken part in carrying out of terrorist acts or executing civilians and prisoners would be sent home, upon signing non-violence pledges.
Homs. Fierce fighting has continued in the district of Bab Hud in Homs city. Syrian army troops have managed to take in control several more city blocks, notwithstanding the terrorists’ wide network of underground tunnels, Al-Nusra Front militants’ heavily fortified defense positions, and the frantic resistance on the part of the terrorists. The cleanup operation is still underway in the area.
Damascus. Commission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has continued its work in Syrian Arab Republic. Syrian authorities and military leadership have been providing all necessary assistance in the work of the Commission. All declared sights of chemical weapons production and storage facilities that can be accessed now have been verified. Particular attention is being paid to personal safety of the members of the OPCW Commission.
ANNA-News Agency
Contributors: Marat Musin, Igor Nadyrshin, Vasily Pavlov, Victor Kuznetsov.
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