SANA- Army units, in cooperation with the�backup forces, established full control over al-Sukhneh city, 70 km northeast of Palmyra in the�eastern countryside of Homs province after
launching intensive operations against ISIS�terrorist organizations.

A military source told SANA Saturday that large�numbers of ISIS terrorists were killed and their�weapons and equipment were destroyed in the army�operations.

The source added that the army units, in�cooperation with the backup forces, continued�their operations to ensure safety of the
surrounding area and hunted the terrorists who�fled away.

Meanwhile, the engineering units dismantled the�mines and explosive devices planted by the�terrorists inside the residential buildings and�streets, according to the source.

Raqqa

Army units, in cooperation with�the backup forces, continued successful operations�in the depths of al-Badyia desert and conducted a�night air drop 20 km behind the fronts of the ISIS�terrorist organization to the south of al-Kadir�town between Raqqa and Homs.

The army�s successful airdrop�contributed to the advancement of the army units�and the backup forces 21km to establish full
control over Khirbet Makman and al-Kadir town, and�to the advancement 12 km to the southeast of Raqqa�to establish control over Bei al-Rahoum village.

Huge numbers of the ISIS terrorists were killed in the operations, in addition to destroying 3 tanks, 17 machinegun-equipped vehicles and 7 cars rigged with explosives and two tanks and a number of artillery pieces were seized, the source said.