The document summarizes recent events in Syria: 1) The Syrian Arab Army engaged in battles with gunmen affiliated with al-Nusra Front across Damascus countryside, killing several leaders and fighters on both sides. 2) In Aleppo, the army targeted gunmen headquarters in Khan al-Assal, killing many including two leaders, and destroyed their weapons. An Emir of the Islamic State was also killed in Aleppo. 3) The army advanced against gunmen in Homs and Deir Ezzor, killing more fighters and dominating neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the Islamic State burned churches and raised its flag in Raqqa.

1. The Electronic Newsletter for Syrian News NO0 )248( 2013/9/27
Syrian Arab Republic
Ministry of Information
The Directorate of
Electronic Information
Page NO.1
Arab killed in the countryside of Damas-
cus………clashes in al-Ghouta
The battles between the Syrian
Arab Army and gunmen affiliat-
ed to “Jabhat al Nusra” are con-
tinuousinmanyseparateregions
in the countryside of Damas-
cus, including” Jrod Maaloula”
Region in which “Ahmad al-
Hamad “ called “Abo Berry”
the head of “Ommar al-Farok
battalion “, “Abdul Kader al-
Shaham”,”Ahmad al-Boukaee”
and”Abdul Fatah Wazeer” were
killed , meanwhile the Libyan”
Fourat al-Zintany” was killed
in the eastern mountains of
Zabadny ,”Muhammad al-Saa-
dy” in Rankous and three others
were killed surrounding Al-Ka-
beer Mosque in al-Qaboun .The
Syrian Army continues their
operations in Barza and Jou-
bar, where the units of army de-
stroyed a mortar in the separate
region between Joubar and Ein
Tarma.In Daraya and al-Moad-
amiyeh districts, the battles be-
tween the Syrian Army and the
gunmen causing the killing of
“Ibrahim” called “Abo Raed”
and “Bashir “ called “Abo-Ja-
faar”, the clashes in the farms of
Hatetat al-Turkman and Shabaa
are continuous.
Unites of the army targeted
headquartersofgunmeninKha-
nal-Assal in the countryside of
Aleppo, where the units killed
many gunmen in Oziza Village
, including “Ismael Hijazi”and
“Mahmoud al-Shaar”, and
destroyed their weapons and
ammunition in Koubatan al-
Jabal , Mansoura, Jodayda and
Kourees.“The Islamic State of
al-Sham and Iraq” demanded
in a statement the gunmen of
“the capital of North’s Bri-
gade” to surrender and give up
their weapons during 48 hours
or to accept the results of not
doing that, where “Emir” of
“Daesh” was killed in Aleppo
, he is Emirati, and forty oth-
ers were killed in Adna.Infor-
mative sources talked about
the expanding of domination
of “Daesh “in the expanded
region between the western of
Aleppo until al-Attareb to ac-
cess Bab al –Hawa Crossing,
the sources added that “Daesh”
brought thousands of fighters
from the Turkish Boundaries to
continue their battles.
Killed Emir of “Daesh” in Aleppo

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Advance in Deir Ezzor….. Burning of church in-Raqa
A warehouse of weapons in the countryside of Lattakia
Clashes in Homs……Crucial Battles in Idleb
An army unit destroyed a den of gunmen full of
locally-made rockets and tents in al-Sawda vil-
lage, killed and injured all gunmen inside it, in-
cluding Khalid al-Tairani, Samir al-Hamoud from
Kuwait, Fadel al-Atiri and Talib al-Qaisi from
Saud Arab.In al-Tfahyeh village, among the dead
gunmen4 bodyguards of Abu Hamzeh al-Saudi,
who is a leader in the so-called “Islamic State in
Iraq and al-Sham.
In Homs, the Unites of army advanced until
the Neighborhoods of al-Qusor and al-Kar-
abes, targeted the headquarters of gunmen
of “Jabhat al-Nusra” in al-Nisrany Moun-
tain and discovered weapons and tunnels
were used by the gunmen in al-Sokhna and
Taiba in the countryside of Palmyra, while
the clashes between the Syrian Army and
Gunmen in Wadi-Khaled , Bab-al –Houd
and al-Warshaa are continous.In the coun-
tryside of Idleb, the army targeted head-
quarters of gunmen of”Jabhat al-Nusra” in
Kafar-lata.Informative Sources said that the
gunmen of “FreeArmy” prepare themselves
for crucial battles against “the Islamic State
of al-Sham and Iraq”.
The Syrian Arab Army confronted an at-
tempt of infiltration to al-Mouzafeen Neigh-
borhood in Deir Ezzor , during it the army
killed ten gunmen.Meanwhile the army ad-
vanced in Al-Oreefy Neighborhood where
they dominated on many residential build-
ings in the neighborhood.In Raqa, Infor-
mative sources announced for kidnapping
of “Daesh” for “Emir” of “Jabhat al-Nus-
ra” , they destroyed the cross of Sayyidda
al-Boshara ‘s churches of Rom Catholic ,
burned its contents , raised the flag of “Is-
lamic State” on the church and removed the
cross of al-Shohadaa’s Church of Arme-
nians near to al-Rasheed Park

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Lavrov : Russia, U.S reach under-
standing on Syria chemical arms
resolution which did not include any
indication to Chapter 7
Tunis: Cutting off ties with Syria was
‘’diplomatic mistake’’Industrial clusters in the Syrian
Provinces
Maduro to al-Assad Syria’s stead-
fastness changes map of internation-
al balances
President Bashar al-Assad received a tele-
phone call from President Nicolas Maduro
of Venezuela renewed support for finding a
political solution to the crisis in Syria, re-
jecting any form of foreign intervention,
particularly the threats of launching mili-
tary aggression on the Syrian people. He af-
firmed that Syria’s steadfastness, as people
and army, is now changing the map of inter-
national balances.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
announced after his meeting with his U.S
counterpart John Kerry last night in New
York that Moscow had reached an under-
standing with Washington on a chemical
weapons’ draft resolution and on a draft
resolution that supports the first one which
did not include any indication to Chapter 7
of the UN Charter.
Tunisian Interior Minister, Lotfi ben Jed-
dou said that cutting off ties with Syria was
a diplomatic mistake.’’Tunisian security
forces dismantled an 82-person trafficking
network involved in trading with Tunisian
women and integrating them in the Jihad
al-nikah ‘sex Jihad’ system,’’ Ben Jeddou
told the Tunisian al-Shurouq newspaper.
The Ministry of In-
dustry restores and
rehabilitates of the
laboratories and in-
dustrial facilities,
maintains ,supports
them with avail-
able potentials, and
prepares of studies
for the next phase
to compose bank
of information and
studies about fu-
ture projects to be-
gin to implement
them immediately
after the crisis, is
also working on the
idea of industrial
clusters based on a
compilation of ar-
eas of production
and manufacturing
in one place for the
integration of the in-
dustrial process.