Army Wards Off ISIL Attacks in Eastern Syria

The Syrian army forces engaged in fierce clashes with the ISIL terrorists who had attacked the military points near Station 3 in Eastern Badiyeh of Homs, leaving several militants dead and wounded.

Meantime, the artillery and missile units of the Syrian army pounded the ISIL moves near Awiraz dam, Jabal al-Qarab region and near the common borders with Deir Ezzur province in Eastern Badiyeh of Homs, destroying several targets and inflicting heavy losses on them.

Also, field sources in Eastern Deir Ezzur reported that a group of ISIL terrorists attacked the Syrian army positions in Albu Kamal in Southeastern Deir Ezzur from Baqouz Foqani region.

They noted that the terrorists were attempting to reach the occupied territories in Badiyeh region from the army points but were forced to withdraw after sustaining heavy tolls from the army.

In a relevant development on Saturday, the Syrian Army fended off an attack by an ISIL group near Palmyra in Eastern Homs, and killed all invading militants.

The Syrian army in an ambush operation engaged in heavy clashes with the ISIL terrorists who had penetrated into Wadi al-Sahil region Southeast of al-Sukhna near Palmyra in Eastern Homs.

A battlefield source, meantime, said that the Syrian troops killed all the terrorists after destroying their vehicles and military equipment.