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Syrian Army overruns town in eastern Damascus after clashes with Islamist rebels |
2017-06-09 |
[ALMASDARNEWS] Late on Thursday afternoon, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) imposed full control over Hawsh al-Dawahra in the East Ghouta after capturing most of the rural town from Jaish al-Islam![]() the day before. Led by the 105th Brigade of the Elite Republican Guard, the Paleostine Liberation Army (PLA) and National Defense Forces (NDF), government forces overran the last sniper nests and gun positions despite facing many Islamist units whom tried desperately to cling onto control of the town, located southeast of the Islamist stronghold of Douma. The media wing of Jaish al-Islam claimed its turbans were able to maintain a foothold in Hawsh al-Dawahra; however, a source embedded with the Elite Republican Guard assured al-Masdar News that all turbans had been pushed to the town’s western fields and outskirts. Jaish al-Islam also published footage of the battle, claiming to have destroyed a BMP-1 and T-72 tank along with killing 16 SAA soldiers, events which the aforementioned SAA source told al-Masdar News were exaggerated. |
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