Syrian Army Completing Siege on Terrorists in Deir Ezzur’s ISIL-Held Districts

The source said that the army men have expanded the range of their advances against ISIL near the village of Marat on the Eastern bank of the Euphrates River toward the Hatlah settlement.

The source further said that the army men are about to drive the remaining pockets of ISIL terrorists out of Deir Ezzur City neighborhoods by capturing al-Hosseiniyeh settlement and its nearby regions.

The source further said that the ground is now paved for building military bridge over the Euphrates River in al-Mari’eiyeh region to provide more back up for the expansion of military operation towards al-Hosseiniyeh and other regions.

The source went on to say that the army units will also continue attacks on ISIL positions in the Northern and Northeastern countryside of Deir Ezzur city.

Relevant reports said on Thursday that the ISIL adopted new measures to keep the areas which were under its occupation in Deir Ezzur after facing the Syrian army’s rapid and extensive advance.

An informed source confirmed that the ISIL changed its high-ranking commanders in Deir Ezzur after the army succeeded in breaking the siege on Deir Ezzur city and rapidly advanced in several fronts in the region.

He added that the ISIL gave its sensitive posts to the Syrian nationals in Deir Ezzur to persuade them to remain in the region after its foreign members fled from the two towns of Albu Kamal and al-Mayadeen in Southeastern Deir Ezzur.

According to the source, the ISIL appointed Saddam al-Jamal, a Syrian national, as the commander of a number of Tunisian members to defend the terrorist group’s positions in Albu Kamal and participate in imminent clashes with the army forces.