30 army members killed in Damascus’ Jober neighborhood

Damascus (Syria News) 30 members of the Syrian army’s 4^th brigade were killed and others were wounded, at dawn today, in an ambush set  by Rahman Legion, southwest of Jober neighborhood in Damascus.

Qasioun News reported that the Islamist Syrian rebel group ‘Al-Rahman Legion’ set an ambush for the members of the Syrian army’s 4^th brigade in al-Manasher area, southwest of Jober neighborhood in Damascus.

Meanwhile, battles took place between the government forces and rebel groups on the outskirts of the neighborhood, amid mutual artillery and rocket shelling, as well as the firing of dozens of GGM missiles on Jober neighborhood.

The army’s 4^th brigade suffered heavy human and material losses since the beginning of this month, after leaving Daraa to be deployed in Damascus.

It is noteworthy that the Syrian government forces, backed by the army’s 4^th brigade and Republican Guards, have failed to break into the rebel-held Jober neighborhood in the Syrian capital, Damascus.