Battle Tanks in Action in Al-Kabune – 1

0:29 – 0:34 A terrorist group that has been encircled in Al-Kabune recently does not pose any significant threat to Damascus city.


0:34 – 0:40 SAA troops’ main task now is to keep the area under control and make sure the terrorists remained encircled there before they are forced to lay down their arms.


0:40 – 0:47 Every time the terrorists begin to fire at the nearby civilian and military facilities, the SAA troops deliver a reciprocal strike on them to reduce the militants’ combat capability.


0:47 - 0:52 We have arrived at the SAA positions in Al-Kabune today in order to film the army assault on the terrorists.


0:52 – 0:55 We were told that the assault would be carried out from several different directions.


0:55 – 1:00 At this moment, I am moving along with a group of SAA commanding officers to a spot at the front line of engagement designated as the first fire strike direction.


1:09 – 1:13 SAA Officer: “It all will be seen from here. We’ll command and control it from down here”.


1:20 – 1:24 “Excellent view from right here. Let’s do it from here.”


1:31 – 1:36 SAA battle tanks are moving in. These concrete columns serve us as a cover against the militant sniper fire.


1:36 – 1:40 The militants are 40 meters (131 feet) away from us, to the right and ahead of us.


1:43 – 1:47 SAA Officer: “Right along the dark fence and then to the right, the militant positions are over there”.


1:50 - 1:55 “The battle tank number One, strike on that alley way, as yesterday. There are positions in there that need to be destroyed”.


2:24 – 2:30 Without stopping, the SAA battle tanks took their firing positions to the right and to the left of the private residential block.


3:35 – 3:40 SAA Officer: “Good! Good! Turn turret to the right. Enough! Fire!”


3:42 – 3:49 And a sniper bullet buzzed off over our heads, finally.


3:49 – 3:54 Nobody is going to pull back, though. Not until the battle tanks have fulfilled their combat mission there.


4:52 – 4:58 The tank men use their machine guns unsparingly as they are perfectly aware that the militants are exceptionally good at hiding in the urban building structures around there.


5:38 – 5:42 Having fulfilled our mission on this particular direction we move on to the other flank.


5:42 – Andrey Filatov, Victor Kuznetsov, Marat Musin. ANNA-News, Damascus, Syria.

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