Syrian
military forces have discovered a network of long tunnels as well as
underground makeshift field hospitals once used by foreign-sponsored
militants, who controlled Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the
capital Damascus.
Army
soldiers and pro-government fighters from popular defense groups
found the secret tunnels and hospitals during wide-scale clear-up
operations in the towns of Hazza and Ein Tarma, located three
kilometers east of Old Damascus, on Monday, Syria’s official news
agency SANA reported.
A Syrian
military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said
terrorists used the tunnels to carry munitions and transfer
reinforcements between Hazza and the towns of Saqba, located 7
kilometers east of central Damascus, Arbin. Harasta and Zamalka.
Syrian
army troopers and their allies also found large stocks of medical
supplies, makeshift operating tables and surgical gowns.
Another
Syrian military official said the medical equipment had been stolen
from government-run hopistals and clincs, adding that terrorists used
the medicine to treat their injured fellows.
Syrian
army's engineering units later placed explosives inside the tunnels
and underground hospitals, and destroyed them.
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