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Dozens of government soldiers killed in ISIS attack in Syria's Deir ez-Zor
[NPASYRIA] 17 members of the Syrian government forces were killed and 35 others were maimed in an attack by ISIS cells on a position of government forces south of Deir ez-Zor at dawn on Saturday.Local sources reported to North Press that ISIS cells attacked government forces at the Taim oil field south of Deir ez-Zor with medium weapons, RPGs, and mortars. The source added that ISIS relied on jacket wallahs, and then The sources indicated that the government forces present at Deir ez-Zor Airport tried to support the heavy artillery, but they did not succeed in stopping the ISIS attack. Russian warplanes were forced to quickly intervene with missiles. Russian military police arrested a leader of the Qura Guard group of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Friday evening in the town of Buqrus Tahtani in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor. According to the same sources, the arrest came after a leader, called Abdel Moneim Haramesh, hit a member of the Third Brigade of the Russian-backed Fifth Corps. Haramesh is the director of a recruitment center whose mission is to recruit people for the benefit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Posted by: Fred 2020-10-04 |
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