In response to Thursday's terrorist attack in Homs province, the Syrian army targeted terrorist positions in Idlib and western Hama.

Dozens of foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants have been killed and wounded after Syrian army forces carried out a string of military operations against terrorist bases and arms depots in the northwestern province of Idlib.

President Bashar al-Assad says Syrians are determined to liberate the whole country from the clutches of foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists, amid a full-scale offensive by the army in the northwestern province of Idlib, the last militant bastion in a nine-year war.

The Syrian army on Wednesday captured new areas in the western countryside of Aleppo during the ongoing campaign against the rebel groups, state news agency SANA reported.

Hours after two statements were released by the Syrian government about the military operation in Idlib and Aleppo, the Syrian army started heavy shelling on rebel positions in the countryside of Aleppo, state news agency SANA reported.

Syrian government forces have managed to wrest full control over a village in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib.

Units of the Syrian Arab army entered on Saturday the administrative borders of Ras al-Ayn city on Tal Tamer-Ras al-Ayn axis in the northern countryside of Hasaka to confront the Turkish aggression and protect the families from terrorist groups affiliated to it.

Units of Syrian Arab Army on Wednesday expanded their deployment in villages and towns of Tal Tamer in Hasaka north-western countryside as part of their duties in defending the Homeland against the Turkish aggression and its mercenary terrorists.

Syrian government forces, backed by fighters from allied popular defense groups, have gained more ground against Takfiri militants in the southern edge of the country’s northwestern province of Idlib in their latest offensive that was launched last week.

The Syrian army says it has removed Daesh Takfiri terrorists from their last stronghold in the country's south, where they had been holding out for months.

A high-ranking Syrian official says government forces will eventually defeat foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants operating in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib, and will retake the territory either through military operations or peaceful means.

The Syrian Army units on Thursday inflicted heavy losses upon terrorists affiliated to Nusra Front terror organization spread in the countryside of Idlib and Hama Province.

The Syrian government forces have raised the level of alert, as part of the preparations for the anticipated military campaign on the Idlib province, the last major rebel stronghold in Syria, a monitor group reported on Wednesday.

The militants that attempted to assault the city of Palmyra claimed that they belong to the “Lions of the East” group that is stationed near a US military base, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

The Syrian Army has forwarded a large number of fresh forces and a large volume of military hardware to the Southern province of Dara'a as the terrorist groups are preparing for an imminent operation against the government forces in the region, field sources reported on Sunday.