Syrian army forces, allies foil Fateh al-Sham attack on military posts in Quneitra
Syrian government forces, supported by allied fighters from popular defense groups, have repelled a surprise attack by members of the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Takfiri terrorist group, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, on military posts in the country’s strategic southwestern region of Quneitra near the border with Israeli-controlled Palestinian territories.
Syria’s official news agency, SANA, reported that Syrian troops and their allies had engaged in fierce clashes with Jabhat Fateh al-Sham terrorists on the outskirts of City of Baath on Saturday afternoon.
The report added that scores of Takfiri militants had been killed or injured during the skirmishes. A number of vehicles belonging to the extremists were destroyed in the process as well.
Meanwhile, a number of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham terrorists managed to flee towards neighboring al-Hamidiyah village.
The development came a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov blamed Jabhat Fateh al-Sham for a renewed wave of violence in Syria's Eastern Ghouta region, censuring the United States for not taking any serious action against the terrorists.
"Al-Nusra Front, which is the main problem in Eastern Ghouta, as I mentioned, is consciously or unconsciously being treated equally with the critics and accusers of the Syrian government. Jabhat al-Nusra is not being touched," Lavrov said during a joint press conference with his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov in Moscow on Friday.
"We still do not have evidence that the coalition led by the US is viewing al-Nusra Front as a real target. Of course, we draw the attention of our American colleagues to it, but we do not see any effect from our comments,” he added.
Eastern Ghouta, a besieged area on the outskirts of Damascus which is home to some 400,000 people, has witnessed deadly violence over the past few days, with foreign-sponsored terrorists launching mortar attacks on the Syrian capital in the face of an imminent humiliating defeat.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.
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