Syrian Army Launches Surprise Attack on ISIL in Deir Ezzur

Rasa - The Syrian army launched a surprise attack on a group of terrorists in the Southwestern part of Deir Ezzur on Monday, killing a number of terrorists.

News ID: 422723

Date: 15 August 2016 - 23:37

RNA - The ISIL's hideout near Panorama Southwest of Deir Ezzur city came under the Syrian army offensives, killing all terrorists inside the hideout.

"The Syrian army's precise planning did not give the ISIL terrorists any chance to escape their positions," an army officer said.

In a relevant development on Sunday, the Syrian army repelled ISIL's offensives on government forces' positions in the Southern and Eastern sides of Deir Ezzur airport and did not allow the terrorists to advance in the region.

Syrian Army troops, backed up by the Russian and Syrian warplanes, beat ISIL back from surroundings of Deir Ezzur airbase, inflicting a heavy death toll on the militants.

ISIL also stormed Syrian soldiers' strongholds near al-Thardah mountain by several bomb-laden suicide vehicles, but the Syrian army men targeted them by thermo missiles.

In the meantime, the Syrian army and ISIL hit each other with heavy weapons in al-Thardah 1,2 and 3, ending in withdrawal of ISIL terrorists from the region.

ISIL also failed to break through government positions in al-Jafreh district in Northeastern side of air port.

Russian and Syrian fighter jets played a crucial role in ISIL's failures in Deir Ezzur battlefields.

ISIL centers in al-Kanamat, al-Sina'ah, al-Roshdiyeh, Takaya, al-Mura'yeh, Huwijeh, Saker, al-Baqaliyeh were badly bombed by the Syrian and Russian fighter jets.

Report said earlier today that ISIL's gatherings in the Eastern city of Deir Ezzur and its surroundings were massively targeted by the Syrian warplanes and army's artillery units, military sources said, adding that the terrorists suffered major casualties in the attacks.

ISIL's strongholds in the neighborhoods of al-Roshdiyeh, al-Hamidiyeh  and al-Jebeliyeh and al-Thardah mountain and the village of Ayyash came under the heavy bombardments of the Syrian fighter jets and artillery.

ISIL suffered a heavy death toll and its military hardware sustained major damage in the attacks.

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