Terrorists Fail to Prevail over Syrian Army Positions in Southwestern Deir Ezzur

Rasa - The Syrian Army forces repelled ISIL's heavy attack on government-held oil facilities in Southwestern Deir Ezzur on Sunday, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

News ID: 434469

Date: 29 October 2017 - 18:56

RNA - The army men fended off ISIL's offensive on their positions near T2 oil pumping station, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their equipment.

The army soldiers, also, warded off another attack of ISIL on their positions around the small town of Humeimeh in Southeastern Homs near the border with Deir Ezzur.

Field sources said on Friday that the army forces, heavily assisted by the Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, restored control over the important T2 Oil Pumping Station in the Southwestern part of Deir Ezzur province.

Shortly after capturing the facility, fresh footage was released by Hezbollah’s media wing depicting anti-ISIL operations against ISIL in and around the largely destroyed T2 Oil Pumping Station, located approximately 100 kilometers Southwest of the provincial capital.

In addition to regular skirmishes, the role of sappers was emphasized as ISIL often litters areas with landmines and improvised explosives before retreating into their interior lines.

With the T2 Oil Pumping Station firmly under government control, the army paved the way for a pincer offensive towards al-Mayadeen region that would either establish a pocket on the provincial border between Homs and Deir Ezzur or prompt a last-minute retreat from ISIL terrorists in the region.

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