Syrian army launches 'intensive strikes on dens of Jabhat al-Nusra,' a group formerly affiliated with al Qaeda, in the southern Idlib province, according to state-run media
The Syrian army is launching"intensive strikes on dens of Jabhat al-Nusra," a group formerly affiliated with al Qaeda, in a village in southwestern Idlib province Sunday, Syrian state media is reporting.
SANA, the country's state-run news agency, also stated Saturday that the army's operations had destroyed multiple sites purportedly belonging to Jabhat al-Nusra in the southern Idlib countryside. The army killed and injured"a number of terrorists who had breached the de-escalation zone agreement through repeated attacks on military points and safe towns," SANA reported.
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