With such language we will defeat this scourge and eliminate it, regardless of who its supporters and sponsors are, the president said in a telephone conversation with Badra Gomba, acting president of the Republic of Abkhazia.

Previously, Al-Assad had stated that his country is capable, with the help of its allies and friends, of defeating these terrorists and eliminating them, no matter how intense their attacks might be.

He added that Syria will continue to defend its stability, sovereignty and territorial integrity against all terrorists and their supporters.

The General Command of the Army and the Armed Forces announced today that military units established a defense line along some 150 kilometers in the north of the province of Hama, where they expelled terrorists from the towns of Mardes and Qalet Al-Madiq.

Syrian television confirmed the elimination of about a thousand terrorists during the last three days of fighting with the army in Aleppo and Idlib.

In another statement, the Political Directorate of the Syrian Army warned that terrorist groups continue to spread false news on all their platforms, against the backdrop of a coordinated media war aimed at influencing the morale of the people and the army.

This hostile groups are taking advantage of what has happened in the city of Aleppo, so we call on our people not to heed these pages, or believe their false news and rumors, it indicated.

On Friday, radical groups seized Aleppo, the second largest Syrian city, following a withdrawal by the Syrian Armed Forces.

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