ISIL Suffers Heavy Losses in Syrian Armed Forces’ Attacks in Deir Ezzur

The army soldiers engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL in al-Sina’ah neighborhood in Deir Ezzur city, killing or wounding a number of them.

In the meantime, the army’s artillery and aircraft pounded ISIL’s positions and command posts in the neighborhoods of Sheikh Yaseen, Sowq al-Hal, Fo’ad cinema street, al-Huweiqa, al-Jabileh, al-Roshdiyeh and al-Arzi, killing and injuring a large number of terrorists and destroying their military hardware.

Earlier reports said that ISIL retreated from the strategic town of al-Qouriyeh in Eastern Dier Ezzur.

A field source reported that the army has killed over 20 ISIL terrorists and destroyed five vehicles thus far en route to liberating several areas in and around Al-Qouriyeh.

The army’s primary objective now is to reach the nearby town of al-Asharaha, which is an ISIL stronghold with a large command-and-control center.