Syria

BREAKING: ISIS on retreat as Syrian Army captures last mountain overlooking Palmyra

 

ISIS will not recapture Palmyra any time soon after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) officially secured all high points around the ancient city.

Pushing north of Palmyra, Syrian government forces reportedly managed to wrestle control of the mountain known as Jabal Mazar after intense clashes with ISIS militants overnight. In addition, the SAA also seized the adjacent Hajjana Storage Base.

Effectively, the Islamic State no longer holds fire control over Palmyra city which it had used to bombard the city and its airbase over the past week.


Meanwhile, skirmishes continued east of Palmyra at the contested Al-Talilah crossroad en route to the ISIS-held town of Arak and T3 Airbase.

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