Syria army kills many Takfiris in Adra

The Syrian army has killed a large number of foreign-backed militants in its recent military operations which led to the liberation of a strategic town located northeast of the capital, Damascus, Press TV reports.

On Thursday, Syrian armed forces managed to regain full control of the southern town of Adra al-Omalia after killing large numbers of extremist terrorists and forcing many others to flee the area.

Syrian government troops have started combing the streets and defusing explosive devices planted earlier by the foreign-backed terrorists inside residential buildings.

“The battle was not easy as several tunnels and operation rooms were established by the militants, but we were aware of them. We are now in full control of the town,” a Syrian army commander, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Press TV.

The victory came nearly a year after Takfiri militants took control of the town in December 2013. The violence fueled by the Takfiri groups had uprooted thousands of civilians in Adra al-Omalia from their homes.

In recent months, the Syrian army has gradually been liberating a corridor of territory from Damascus to the Mediterranean coast, recapturing towns and villages along the main north-south highway and in the mountainous Qalamoun region along the border with Lebanon.

Syria has been gripped by deadly turmoil since 2011. More than 191,000 people have so far been killed during the more than three years of Takfiri violence in the war-ravaged country, according to reports.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has pledged to strike terror “with an iron fist.”

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