The Syrian Army has reinvigorated its combat and defense capabilities in Eastern Homs by deploying tens of fresh forces who had been trained in one of the Russian garrisons in Damascus countryside for several weeks.
“135 soldiers have been sent to T4 airbase to protect the airport and further take part in the liberation operation of Palmyra and energy fields in Eastern Homs,” a military source said.
Media sources released images of the fresh forces who have been equipped with advanced Russia-made logistic equipment and Russian guns with night vision lens.
Earlier today, the army troops warded off three offensives of ISIL on government’s positions in Northern, Northeastern and Eastern Homs, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.
The army men engaged in heavy fighting with ISIL terrorists that tried to break through their positions in the villages of Jubb al-Jarrah and Abu al-Ala in Northeastern Homs, killing and wounding a number of them and forcing the rest to retreat from the battlefield.
In the meantime, the army soldiers targeted concentration centers of a group of terrorists that had planned to carry out an attack on government positions in Talbiseh region.
The army troops also foiled ISIL’s plan to capture their positions to the West of Palmyra (Tadmur) city and killed a number of them in a preemptive move.
Also, the Syrian and Russian fighter jets bombed the gatherings and movements of terrorists in the villages of Deir Foul and Ezzeddeen in Northern and Northeastern Homs.
