A group of Al-Nusra terrorists was trapped in the army men’s ambush operation in Tal (hill) Azah West of the town of Abu al-Dhohour.
Abu Ahmad al-Janoubi, a key field commander, was among the six terrorists killed in the ambush.
A field source said that the Al-Nusra group that came under attack was planning to storm the army defense lines West of Abu al-Dhohour.
The Al-Nusra suffered several casualties and the remaining pockets of its forces retreated from the battlefield.
Earlier reports said that the army troops stormed the positions of the Al-Nusra Front near the town of Abu al-Dhohour and captured several villages and heights in Southeastern Idlib.
The army men imposed control over the villages of Jafr and al-Khafiyeh and the Zahrah al-Khfiyeh Heights after heavy clashes with the Al-Nusra terrorists.
The army’s engineering units have started defusing bombs and landmines planted by the militants in the newly-captured regions.
Al-Nusra front is the official Al-Qaeda branch operating in Syria.
