Syrian Army seizes largest rebel bunker in east Damascus

YemenExtra

M.A.

On Thursday, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unfolded a massive rebel headquarters located beneath the Al-Qaboun neighborhood which was liberated earlier this week following an evacuation deal.

The bunker contained hundreds of shells, improvised explosives and manufacturing units intended for booby traps and hell cannons for the usage against the SAA’s 4th Mechanized Division and 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard.

Pictures of the underground facility, previously used by Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham:

According to local sources, the rebel HQ was the largest insurgent base to be controlled by the SAA in the Syrian capital.

The facility was exposed near Sheikh Jaber mosque and contained a floor which functioned as a field hospital while another floor stored ammunition and fuel.

The bunker had tunnels connecting it to the northern, western and eastern sections of Al-Qaboun, thus giving considerable movement capacity to rebel forces in spite of the daily bombardment by the Syrian Arab Air Force and SAA artillery units since February.