In Major Blow to Militants, Syrian Army Forces Enter Key E Ghouta Town
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The Syrian Arab Army units entered a strategic town in the capital's Eastern Ghouta as they press ahead with their push to liberate the suburban area near Damascus from years of devastating militant control.
Meanwhile, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Wednesday that army soldiers managed overnight to make their way into the town of Hamouriyah, located 12 kilometers from Damascus city center, which is under the control of the so-called Faylaq al-Rahman militant group.
The national army regained control of parts of Hamouriyah in the south of the embattled enclave, which is one of the last major militant stronghold in Syria.
Eastern Ghouta fell to the militants in 2012, months after Syria plunged into crisis, and has since served as a launch pad for fatal mortar attacks against the residents and infrastructure of the Syrian capital.
The area is currently controlled by a myriad of militant groups, many of them no less brutal than the world's most notorious terror group, Daesh [the Arabic acronym for ‘ISIS/ISIL'].
In mid-February, the Syrian army nlaunched a new operation against the militants holed up in Eastern Ghouta.
In a turning point, Syrian forces split the region last week into three sections each controlled by different militant groups, most notably the Takfiri al-Nusra Front and Jaish al-Islam terror outfits.
The army campaign draws on the experience of the Aleppo liberation offensive in late 2016, which set the stage for the launch of a peace process involving Syrian warring sides with the help of Iran, Russia and Turkey.
Back then, Syrian government forces divided the then militant-held pocket of the city into two halves, in a victory that signaled the beginning of the end for its occupation in December that year.
Eastern Ghouta's recapture would mark the most significant blow to the militants operating against the government as they would no longer be able to pose threats to the capital city.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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