Army units, in cooperation the popular defense groups, launched today morning a military operation in the southern countryside of Aleppo province, a military source announced.

The units and defense groups advanced on several sites and have already established control over the towns of Ebtin and Hadadin al-Gharbiyeh and al-Kassarat and al-Madajen areas in the olive farms, having inflicted heavy losses upon the terrorist organizations.

The source noted that the army units are hunting down the fleeing terrorists in the areas on which they are advancing.

The Syrian Army’s Air Force eliminated numbers of terrorists in Hwijina, Kssir al-Ward, Jub al-Safa, Tal al-Sabain and al-Nassria in Aleppo countryside.