(Zaman Al Wasl)- Southern Front rebel group declared general mobilization, in statement issued on Saturday, as Syrian regime troops backed by allied Iranian and Lebanese militias have been making advances in the Syrian south, tasking control of key towns.
The Statement that issued by Col. Saber Safar, General Commander of First Army, FSA unit, called on all rebel groups in Daraa to send reinforcements to the north of the city, urging them to target all regime’s bases to achieve military parity.
The regime forces wrested back control over the village of Habariyeh, killing many fighters of the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, Xinhua quoted the source as saying on condition of anonymity.
The Bashar al-Assad troops have also moved closer to strategic hilltop of Tal al-Hara, where a Syrian military observatory was stormed by the rebels late last year, the source added.
Friday's achievement was part of the pre-emptive offensive the Assad troops have recently waged in a strategic triangle in southern Syria, more specifically in the countryside of Damascus, Daraa and the province of Qunaitera.
Rebel sources said Friday that First Army fighters had thwarted regime’s attacks on al-Sultaneh village,
The First Army that operates under the Southern Front has posted online photos purportedly for slain Shiite militants who were killed in the battles near al-Sultaneh and al-Habbariya villages in Qunaitrea province.
The Southern Front said its rebels had ambushed the Shiite rebels near al-Sultaneh village, leaving dozens killed and wounded.
Meanwhile, the state news agency SANA said the Syrian troops on Friday eliminated the "last remaining gatherings" of the rebels in the town of Tal Majda in the countryside of the southern province of Swaida near the Jordanian borders.
Controlling Tal Majda will enable the Syrian army to expose the rebels' supply lines via Jordan, said SANA, adding that the borderline between Jordan and Syria is witnessing assorted infiltration attempts by foreign jihadis, who are aiming to sneak into Syria to join the rebel groups.
Reports said that Iranian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters have carried on, and for the first time, full battles against rebels without any participation from the Assad side. Suleimani wants to eliminate FSA from the south, activists said.
Syria's conflict, now in its fourth
year, has killed more than 220,000 people and caused millions to flee.
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