[caption id="attachment_141928" align="alignright" width="184"] Bashar al-Assad breaks bread with soldiers in Jobar, Damascus on Wednesday.[/caption] Syrian President Bashar Assad has praised army soldiers over their victories against terrorist groups operating in the Arab country. "If there was an area of joy which remained in Syria, it is thanks ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army made remarkable advances in several key provinces across the Arab country. The army seized several key towns in Jobar neighborhood, and destroyed a key tower in the area and killed scores of al-Nusra terrorists. The Syrian army had frustrated a large-scale terrorist attack on the barrens of Assal al-Ward in Qalamoun,...

The Syrian army continues to tighten the noose around foreign-backed militants in the town of Jobar in east of the capital Damascus,Press TVreports. Nearly two-thirds of Jobar and its surrounding area are now under the Syrian government's control, a Press TV correspondent reported on Tuesday. Jobar is one of the several strategic towns near the ...