TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian Army and the popular forces continued to push back the ISIL militants from their positions in the Southeastern parts of Homs province and took back three key heights following intense battle with the terrorists.

The Syrian army alongside the National Defense Forces (NDF) and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) stormed the ISIL concentration centers and imposed full control over the Heights of 901, 903, 912 near the small hilltop village of Tar al-Kharoubah in the surroundings of the ancient Assyria town of Quaryatayn.

Reports said earlier today that the Syrian army heavily pounded ISIL positions near al-Bayarat East of Palmyra.

Sources on the ground said the Syrian Army forces, backed by popular forces, destroyed a number of ISIL's military vehicles and managed to inflict heavy damage on terrorists' hardware near the occupied city of Palmyra (Tadmur), East of Homs province.

The pro-government forces also kept marching on terrorists' positions near al-Bayarat East of Palmyra occupied by ISIL terrorists since early 2015.

Syrian troops also carried out concentrated operations against dozens of ISIL positions in Minter al-Kharoubah and al- Romeilah near Maheen-al-Quaryatayn road in the Southeastern regions of Homs province, inflicting huge losses on them in the region.

During the operations of Syrian army in the surrounding areas of Hayal mountain and al-Tafha village, scores of militants were killed and several of their positions were destroyed.

Also, in a series of intensive operations in Tir Ma�ala and Talbiseh in Homs' Northern regions, pro-government forces heavily struck at ISIL's positions, putting a number of terrorists there to death.

By Fars News Agency