The remaining terrorists are holed up in the Jobar and Ayn Terma districts adjoining the Syrian capital.
“The army is tightening the noose around the terrorists and is using intelligence to destroy tunnels used by the militants,” a source in the Syrian Army told Sputnik.
He added that the government forces had destroyed one such tunnel between Jobar and Ayt Tarma, which the terrorists used to get supplies.
The Syrian Army is now within a hair’s breadth of the high-rise buildings of Ataya.
Since 2011, Syria has been engulfed in a civil war, with government forces fighting against numerous opposition and terrorist groups, including al-Nusra Front and Daesh, banned in many countries, including Russia.
According to the UN data, nearly 6.3 million Syrians have been displaced and 4.9 million people, mostly women and children, have been forced to seek refuge since the start of the violent conflict almost six years ago.
