Syrian Army Repels Terrorist Attack on Military Academies in Aleppo

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Military operations against terrorist organizations continued on Friday, with the Syrian Army, Armed Forces units and the Syrian Air Force targeting terrorists' positions around the country.

The military operations left many of their members dead and their equipment destroyed, while in Aleppo the Syrian army managed to repel a wide-scale attack by terrorists on the military academies area.

A military source said that the Syrian Army, Armed Forces units and allied forces operating to the south and southwest of Aleppo managed to contain the wide-scale attack carried out by Takfiri terrorist groups on Friday evening in the direction of the military academies, inflicting heavy losses upon the terrorists.

The source asserted that Army and Armed Forces units reinforced their positions in the perimeter of the military academies southwest of Aleppo, targeting terrorist groups with precision strikes, destroying 3 vehicles rigged with explosives, 6 tanks, and a number of vehicles equipped with artillery and machineguns, in addition to eliminating more than 300 terrorists in the farms area south of the military academies.

Furthermore, the source said that the Syrian Air Force crushed concentrations of Takfiris and destroyed scores of their vehicles along with the terrorists on board in the areas between Khan Touman and the military academies, al-Hikma School and the academies, Bazo hill and the academies, al-Zarba and Aleppo city, and Oram al-Kubra and Aleppo city.

In the same context, Director of the Aero-Technical Academy in Aleppo Brig. Gen. Deeb Bazzi confirmed on Friday evening that the terrorist attack carried out by terrorist organizations on the military academies area southwest of Aleppo had been repelled.

Bazzi further added that the Takfiris were driven away from the perimeter of the academies, asserting that the rest of the officers are in their respective positions and capable of repelling any attack.

Likewise, Director of the Aerial Preparation Academy Brig. General Hamada Murad said that the terrorist attack began at 2:45 PM, with the terrorists using all sorts of weapons including car bombs and rocket launchers.

Murad affirmed readiness to repel terrorists and wage counterattacks, adding "they won't enter any military unit unless it's over our dead bodies."

On a relevant note, rumors about Takfiri terrorists establishing control over the Syrian Arming Academy south of Aleppo had been rebuffed.

Earlier on Friday, the Syrian Air Force launched 23 air strikes on gatherings, sites and vehicle convoys of terrorists in Aleppo countryside, killing tens of terrorists and destroying several positions, armored cars, vehicles loaded with arms and ammunition and car bombs, according to a military source.

Army units, supported by Syrian Air Force and army's artillery, thwarted terrorist infiltration attempts on a number of military checkpoints on the axes of the academy to the southwest of Aleppo, killing many Takfiri terrorists and destroying tens of armored vehicles.

The Syrian Air Force eliminated terrorist groups who were escaping the clashes area to the southwest of Aleppo city.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team