Syrian Army Reopens Deir Ezzur-Palmyra Highway After Defeating ISIL in Decisive Battle

The army repelled hundreds of ISIL militants that invaded its strongholds between the towns of al-Shoula and Kabajeb, and managed to reopen the highway that connects Deir Ezzur to Palmyra from both directions after killing tens of terrorists and pushing them back from areas near the road.

Army sources said a number of ISIL terrorists are now under their siege after pro-government forces attacked them from two flanks in the front that spreads towards al-Shoula and from the town of al-Sukhnah in Eastern Homs towards Kabajeb in Western Deir Ezzur.

Field sources confirmed on Friday that the Army dispatched a large number of soldiers and military hardware to Western Deir Ezzur to face ISIL’s large-scale attacks on the pro-government forces’ defense lines in the region,.

The Tiger Forces units departed from Qomhana in Northern Hama to the Homs province’s town of al-Sukhnah late Thursday afternoon, and would be tasked with retaking the regions along the Deir Ezzur-Sukhnah Highway and West of the provincial capital which were seized by the ISIL during their large-scale attack on Thursday.

The ISIL proved on Thursday that they may not give-up the Deir Ezzur province without a fight, as militants launched a powerful offensive against the Syrian Army troops and their allies in the Western part of the province.

In the meantime, the Syrian military dismissed claims that the ISIL terrorist group cut off a strategic road connecting Deir Ezzur to Palmyra city in Homs province.