Syrian Army Sends Troops to Break Siege of Aleppo Prison

 The army units have prepared themselves for an all-out war on the militants surrounding the Aleppo Central Prison.
 
Also in the past 24 hours, Turkey closed the border passage of Bab Al-Hava along its border with Syria.
 
Turkey took the decision after the terrorist Islamic Front group attacked a convoy of Syrian refugees, killing and injuring a large number of militants.
 
Elsewhere, the Syrian army regained control of a road used by militants to send bomb-laden cars from Syria to Lebanon.
 
The Syrian army units took full control of a road which linked villages in Al-Qalamoun region in Southern Syria to Arsal region in Lebanon and the militants took the road to send their bomb-laden vehicles to Lebanon for suicide bombings.
 
Also, a group of Saudi-backed terrorists massacred a large number of Syrian citizens in Homs in Central Syria.
 
Sources said the decapitated bodies of a large number of villagers were found in Homs countryside, adding that they were the victims of a crime by Jund al-Sham Battalions, an ultra extremist group supported by the Saudi intelligence agency.
 
Meantime, the militants of Jund al-Sham are currently stationed in two villages of al-Zareh and al-Hosn villages in the same area.
 
Some photos, apparently taken by the members of the same terrorist group, show Jund al-Sham members cut the throats of the victims in the historical castle of Homs where the militants are stationed.
 
Elsewhere, the Syrian army killed a notorious foreign ringleader of Jund al-Sham militant group in Homs countryside in Central Syria.
 
Faisl Aqleh, nicknamed Abu Hussein Al-Jazayeri, with Algerian nationality was killed by the army units in Al-Hosn region in Homs near the Lebanese border.
 
Aqleh had reportedly fled from the Romia Prison in Lebanon to carry out a terrorist operation codenamed Al-Hosn Castle in Homs.
 
Also, the Syrian army repelled militants’ attacks on two strategic towns in Idlib countryside in Northwestern Syria.
 
The army units pushed back the militants from their positions in Roma farms in Idlib. The rebels were preparing to attack Foveh and Kafriya towns in the same region.
 
Tens of militants were killed and dozens more were injured during the clashes. There has yet been no official report on the exact number of casualties on either side.
 
Meantime, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged Washington to establish its own contact with the Syrian government instead of constantly goading Moscow into mounting pressure on the Assad government.
 
"As for the reports that the United States is allegedly going to pile more pressure on Damascus, if political pressure is what they mean, then we’ve long been telling the US to work directly with Syrian authorities," Lavrov said on the heels of Monday talks with his Eritrea counterpart, Osman Saleh.
 
Also, the Free Syrian Army announced it had fired Salim Idriss as its military chief and appointed Abdel al-Ilah al-Bashir to replace him.
 
In a video footage on the Internet, the rebel coalition said its military council had decided to replace Idriss because of "the difficulties" faced by the Syrian rebellion in its battle with President Bashar al-Assad's government.
 
Meantime, Tunisia is going to resume its diplomatic relations with Syria and reopen its consulate in Damascus, Tunisian Foreign Minister Mongi Hamdi announced.
 
On Sunday, Hamdi said there were serious consultations with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki to reopen the Tunisian consulate in Syria’s capital Damascus.