Syrian Air Force Continues to Bomb ISIL's Positions Heavily in Deir Ezzur

Rasa - The Syrian Air Force carried out several combat sorties over ISIL's strongholds and movements in the Southern outskirts of Deir Ezzur city, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

News ID: 430060

Date: 02 June 2017 - 19:29

RNA - ISIL lost a number of forces and its military hardware sustained major damage in the army air raids on terrorists' positions and movements in al-Maqaber (cemetery) region, Tal (hill) Aloush, Tal 17 and Tamin Brigade baes.

The army forces, meantime, repelled an attack of ISIL on the pro-government forces' positons in al-Huweiqa neighborhood, killing a number of terrorists.

Also, the army's artillery and missile units opened fire at ISIL's centers in al-Maqaber, Panorama base, Tal Borouk, Tal Alounsh and the city's old airport.

Also, at least 17 people were killed and 40 more wounded in an ISIL terrorist attack on Syria’s Eastern province of Deir Ezzur on Tuesday.

According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, three children were among those killed in the mortar attack which targeted the town of al-Joura in the province.

"The shelling hit just before families were gathering to break the Ramadan fast," the UK-based monitoring group’s director Rami Abdel Rahman said.

Local sources said that at least six shells fell on the city during the attack which also wounded at least 40 people.

"Some of them are in critical condition, but the health situation in the neighborhood is deteriorating because of the lack of staff, medicine, and medical equipment," a local activist added.

Syria has been fighting different foreign-sponsored militant groups since March 2011. UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura estimated last August that more than 400,000 people had been killed in the crisis until then.

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