RNA - The newly arrived reinforcements will spearhead a drive towards the al-Tanf border crossing with Iraq alongside the National Defense Forces (NDF), the Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, Imam Al-Ali Battalions (Iraqi paramilitary) and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (Syrian paramilitary), AMN reported.
However, government forces must stiffen their salient East of Damascus and deploy anti-aircraft units if they are to avoid renewed attacks from US jets and US-trained Free Syrian Army (FSA) proxies lurking in the vast Syrian desert.
Meanwhile, the army units are also advancing against FSA militants in Eastern Sweida, capturing a large swath of rural territory on Thursday.
Over 100 Syrian soldiers have been killed by US airstrikes, mostly at Deir Ezzor, over the 12 months.
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