The Syrian army killed more than 270 of terrorists of the terrorist group "Islamic state" the district's as-Suwayda to the South of the country. About it told the Commissioner of the command of the troops of the Russian armed forces in the Arab Republic Oleg Makarevich. He told that the offensive was carried out in difficult weather conditions on the ground, " which are cut by deep canyons and wide caves with different vertical ledges and wide cracks ". "in this area the enemy has established a deeply echeloned, prepared defense, which was full of anti-tank and sniper ambushes, minefields and routes of maneuver. All lines of defense from the enemy were warehouses of ammunition and food ",