Syrian Army Reinforcements Pour into Desert despite US Airstrikes

Rasa - The Syrian Army sent a large number of fresh forces to the Damascus-Baghdad highway in the Southern part of the country to reinforce contingents bombed by the United States Air Force on Thursday.

News ID: 429750

Date: 19 May 2017 - 21:50

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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