Syrian Army One Step Closer to Full Cleansing of Deir Ezzur City

The army forces retook control of al-Sana’ah district after fierce clashes with the militants, killing a number of them and forcing others to flee the battlefield.

Meantime, other army units attacked ISIL positions in al-Hamidiyeh, al-Jabiliyeh, al-Roshdiyeh and Sheikh Yasin regions with artillery fire, inflicting heavy casualties and damage on the terrorists.

Al-Sana’ah district was the most fought over area in the provincial capital in the past two years, with both the Syrian army and ISIL trading offensives in order to gain the upper-hand against each other.

After liberation of al-Sana’ah district, the Syrian army will be able to take control of nearby Saqr Island within the next few days.

In a relevant development on Wednesday, a number of ISIL terrorists were killed after heavy infighting erupted among them in those neighborhoods of Deir Ezzur city that are still controlled by the militants, local sources confirmed.

The sources reported that Syrian and non-Syrian members of the ISIL engaged in fierce clashes with each other in the remaining terrorist-held neighborhoods of Deir Ezzur, leaving six foreign and two local terrorists dead.

A number of both warring sides were wounded in the clashes.