Syrian Army Fully Recaptures Strategic Wadi Barada from Militants
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Syrian government forces, backed by fighters from allied popular defense groups, established full control over all towns and villages in the strategic Wadi Barada area on the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, after dozens of foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants left the region and fled toward the militant-held northwestern city of Idlib.
The Syrian army, in a statement read out by military spokesman Brigadier General Ali Mayhoub and broadcast live on television on Sunday, announced that units of armed forces and their allies accomplished "their mission in returning security and stability to Basemeh, Ain al-Khadhra, Dayr al-Mogharen, Ayn al-Fijah, Dayr Ghanon, Kafr Zait, al-Hussainiah, Kafr al-Awamid, Berhelia, Afreh, and Souq Wadi Barada."
Mayhoub then put the total expanse of liberated areas at 400 square kilometers, noting that the Syrian army has agreed to the evacuation of hundreds of militants from those areas as part of a reconciliation agreement between armed opposition groups and the government.
Mayhoub underlined that Wadi Barada will be purged of Takfiri militants within the next two days.
The announcement came a day after Syrian government forces and their allies entered the water pumping station in Wadi Barada for the first time in four years.
Around 5.5 million people in Damascus and its suburbs have been scrambling for clean water ever since Syrian army soldiers and fighters from popular defense groups launched a major offensive on December 22, 2016 to recapture Wadi Barada.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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