The Syrian Arab Army’s 120th and 81st brigades of the 2nd Division are currently cleansing the eastern slopes of Jabal Qalamoun from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) terrorists that have entrenched themselves in this large mountain chain inside the northeastern countryside of Greater Damascus.

On Tuesday evening, the Syrian Arab Army’s 120th and 81st brigades – backed by Dara’ Qalamoun (Qalamoun Shield), the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), and the National Defense Forces (NDF) – liberated the gas pipelines located at the southwestern countryside of Mahsaa after they advanced from the recently captured Thaniyah Wall.

ISIS has controlled these gas pipelines in northeastern Damascus since they first emerged in the Qalamoun Mountains in 2014.

While the pipelines are no longer in use, the area around it is still filled with ISIS terrorists as far west as the Lebanese border-crossing from Jaroud Qarah.

The fighting has already started up this morning, with the Syrian Armed Forces launching several attacks on ISIS’ defenses along Jabal Mahsaa and the western countryside of Quraytayn.

In order to secure Quraytayn and avoid any future attacks from ISIS in the future, they will need to liberate the entire chain of mountains that are located to the south of this ancient Assyrian city in the Homs Governorate.