Jaysh Al-Islam’s (Army of Islam) two week long offensive at the city of Harasta in the Rif Dimashq Governorate ended abruptly on Saturday, as the Islamist fighters sustained heavy casualties amid a fracture in their frontline positions that left them in complete disarray.
On Saturday morning, the Syrian Arab Army’s 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard – in coordination with the National Defense Forces (NDF) – continued their counter-assault inside Harasta, targeting Jaysh Al-Islam’s forces at the 5th District, Al-‘Ajmi District, and the Harasta Roundabout.
According to a military source in Damascus, the Syrian Armed Forces killed 10 enemy combatants on Saturday; they were identified as the following:
- Isma’eel Ramadan
- ‘Umar ‘Arbash
- ‘Aamer Salaam
- Fadi Al-Akhras
- Suleiman Wawiyah
- Hatim Shehaab
- Sa’eed Al-Dilaati
- Kamaal Taraabishi
- Aymen Faqa’y
- Salah Taqtaq
To the southwest of Harasta, the Republican Guard carried out a powerful assault at the town of ‘Arbeen, killing 9 enemy combatants inside the Al-Sawa District and the nearby Jabal Al-Uthman Mosque – 4 enemy combatants were identified:
- Nour Kawkah
- Mohammad Al-Tayar
- Hassan Arafat
- Yousef Al-Zinkousi
Meanwhile at the Jaysh Al-Islam stronghold of Douma, the Syrian Armed Forces pounded the Islamist rebels at Al-Aliyah Farm, destroying two armored vehicles mounted with doshkas and killing 10 militants that were identified as the following:
- Mustafa Al-Buweidani
- ‘Umar Al-Na’al
- Radwan Qashwa
- ‘Abdel-Hadi Al-Wazeir
- Khaled Al-Toukhi
- Mahmoud Salaam
- Hussam Al-Sa’eed
- Mohammad ‘Aadl Al-Ameen
- Bilal Nasrallah
- Bassam Barhoush