Deir Ezzur: Terrorists’ Offensive Capability Decreased after Syrian Army’s Heavy Fire

The artillery and missile units opened heavy fire at ISIL’s positions and movements in al-Thardah mountain South-West of Deir Ezzur city, destroying two tanks and an armored vehicle and killing or wounding their crew.

In the meantime, the artillery and missile unis hit ISIL’s concentration centers near the al-Tayem oilfield crossroad Southwest of Deir Ezzur, destroying an area that was used by the terrorists to carry out bomb-laden drone attacks on army positions.

Relevant reports said on Monday that the army’s artillery and missile units opened heavy fire at ISIL’s positions in regions around Regiment 137 base, killing 14 terrorists and wounding several others.

Two military vehicles of ISIL were destroyed in the attack too.

In the meantime, the army aircraft carried out several combat flights over ISIL’s centers in areas surrounding al-Tamin Brigade base and al-Ma’amel region South of Deir Ezzur airbase, killing or wounding a number of terrorists.

Local sources, meantime, said that the dead body of Mohammad al-Jadan al-Rafi’a, one of the ISIL’s religious leaders, was found in Abu Hamam in Eastern Deir Ezzur. Al-Rafi’a had disappeared two days ago.