Operation continues in Douma outskirts
Continuing its success, Syrian government has declared full victory against terrorist organizations in Eastern Ghouta, hailing the military achievement as a ‘crushing blow’ to the Wahhabi anti-Syria scheme. Daesh (IS) and other terror organisations share Saudi nursed Wahabi ideology.
According to official SANA news agency, the declaration of victory came in a statement on Saturday by the General Command of the Army and Armed Forces.
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The statement said, “Following a series of well-planned battles and combat operations marked with high levels of cooperation and coordination between different types of forces, the armed forces’ formations, aided by allied forces, wrapped up military operations in Damascus countryside’s Eastern Ghouta, with full control established all over its cities and towns.”
The statement named 27cities and towns in Eastern Ghouta which are said to be liberated in the area.
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The report further says that the military victory has resulted in stopping a series of operations in which scores of terrorists were eliminated and command centers, arms’ depots and fortifications were destroyed. However, report speaks of ongoing combat operations against Jaish al-Islam in the vicinity of Douma city last militant bastion in Eastern Ghouta.
Recently UN resolution had asked for a month-long ceasefire. However, Syria and Russia enforced five-hour-a-day ceasefire for civilians to leave the enclave, which was seemingly succeeded along with elimination or detention of the terrorists. A large number of the armed rebels were allowed to leave for other areas under their control.
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The statement issued by Syrian Army Command noted that army units secured the exit of tens of thousands of civilians whom terrorists had used as human shields to makeshift centers.
The Syrian government believes that the victory in Eastern Ghouta will restore full security and stability to Damascus city which was occasionally bombed by the terrorists in Eastern Ghouta. It is considered to be the largest victory against terrorist groups since 2016 recapture of Aleppo.
The liberation of Eastern Ghouta has also secured the basic roads connecting capital Damascus to central, northern, coastal and eastern regions to the borders with Iraq.
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The statement has also stated that the victory “dealt a crushing blow to the Wahhabi project against the Syrian land and people.”
The Syrian Army’s General Command has also reiterated its resolve to push ahead with war against remaining terrorist hotbeds until complete elimination of terrorism from all over the country.
The Eastern Ghouta, home of nearly 400,000 people fell to multiple Wahabi influenced terror groups in 2012, months after the country plunged into crisis and has served as a launch pad for attacks on Damascus.
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