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| Syrian Army crosses Euphrates River into ISIS-held eastern Deir Ezzor |
| 2017-09-19 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] For the first time in over five years, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has landed on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in Deir Ezzor after completely decimating ISIS forces over the past few months. Exploring a weak point in the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... ’s defensive line on Monday, the SAA used modified Russian-manufactured vehicles to establish a beachhead southeast of the city. Subsequently, elite SAA assault units reportedly overran the villages of Marrat and Mazlum where engineers are working on entrenching positions to deter a looming ISIS counter-offensive from driving government forces back into the sea. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible... fierce festivities continue on the contested Sakr Island while jihadist Long term, Suheil al-Hassan and Issam Zahreddine ‐ the two leading SAA commanders in Deir Ezzor ‐ hope to strike further eastwards and retake the border with Iraq. This military endavour would also cutoff the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from land-grabbing further ISIS territory in the governorate. More from Iraqi News Deir Ezzor (Syria News) Syrian army forces and allied militias managed, on Monday, to besiege the Islamic State-held neighborhoods in the city of Deir Ezzor, Qasioun News reported. The Syrian army forces recaptured some strategic areas including, Kharita, Hajif and areas located south of the Euphrates River and in western Deir Ezzor, while also seized Mariya Village that is located near Deir Ezzor Airbase. Meanwhile, the recently recaptured areas by the Syrian Democratic Forces militia (SDF), north of the Euphrates River, allows the regime forces to prevent the Islamic State militants from crossing the river and reaching their areas, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. It is noteworthy that the Islamic State-held areas, located in eastern Raqqa and the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, are besieged by the army and SDF militia. Yet more from Iraqi News: ISIS claims Syrian Army helicopter shot down Deir Ezzor (Syria News) Local sources informed that the self-proclaimed Islamic State militants shot down, on Monday, a helicopter belonging to the Syrian regime, in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, Qasioun News reported. The sources revealed that the Islamic State shot down a Syrian regime helicopter in the town of Shamitia, near the Euphrates bank, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. Meanwhile, Syrian forces managed to cross the Euphrates River and reach the eastern bank, backed by a Russian aerial cover, while captured several military locations in the villages of Marat, Khasham and Mazlum, north of the Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. And no report on Deir Ezzor would be complete without al-Manar spewage: Syrian Army Continues Advancing in Deir Ezzor The Syrian Army units, in cooperation with the allied forces, continued to advance on all fighting axes against ISIL terrorist organization and established control over new points on the outskirts of Deir Ezzor city and its countryside. SANA reporter in Deir Ezzor said that after the army units established control over al-Jafra village, they continued to advance and chase the remaining ISIL terrorists who fled towards Huweijet Saqr and established control over a number of points on the southeastern outskirts of the city and in the southeastern countryside on Deir Ezzor-al-Mayadin road after carrying out accurate operations, in which a number of terrorists were killed or injured, in addition to the destruction of their weapons and ammunitions. In the western countryside, the reporter said that army units advanced to the direction of Ayn al-Bo-Jimaa and al-Kharita after they restored new points amid the withdrawal of terrorists Takfiri organization towards the remaining terrorist groups in specific locations in the desert. The reporter said that the military operations resulted in the death of a number of terrorists, including Mohammad Aziz al-Hanto, Omar Jamil al-Alloum, Abdul-Hadi al-Alloum from al-Shaqra village. Meanwhile, a group of locals ambushed a car belonging to ISIL near the railway in the vicinity of the city of al-Bukamal in the far eastern countryside of the province, destroying it and leaving all the five terrorists on board dead. A military source said that the first two cargo planes landed at Deir Ezzor Airport carrying large quantities of needed materials to supply army forces operating in Deir Ezzor after the surroundings of the airport have been fully secured. |
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