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| IS captures 3 gas wells in Syria's Homs |
| 2014-10-30 |
| [Xinhua] The Islamic State (IS) militants on Tuesday captured three gas wells in Syria's central province of Homs, the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported. The IS captured the gas wells east of Palmyra in Homs after intense clashes with the Syrian troops, said the report, spelling no further details. The captured wells were close to the al-Shaer natural gas field, which was captured by the IS on July 17, but it was recaptured by the Syrian troops on July 26 following a counter-offensive the Syrian troops unleashed to wrest back control over that key gas field. The IS, previously known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, has self-proclaimed an Islamic Caliphate in areas striding Syria and Iraq. It has also succeeded in capturing almost of the oil fields in the oil-rich province of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria on the borders with Iraq. Separately, the Syrian troops recaptured the town of Hosh Fara in the eastern countryside of the capital Damascus and tightened its siege on the town of Maida in the same area, according to the state news agency SANA. The Syrian troops have been on a wide-scale offensive against the rebels' positions in the sprawling eastern countryside of Damascus, capturing a number of key areas and pushing forward into the strongholds of the armed militant groups. |
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