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| Surprise Daesh attack kills 25 regime forces in east Syria |
| 2018-04-20 |
| [Gulf News] ISIS launched a surprise attack near a town in eastern Syria they had lost six months ago, killing at least 25 regime forces, a monitor said Thursday. At least 13 ISIS snuffies were also killed in the attack which was carried out near Mayadeen on Wednesday afternoon, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. Mayadeen lies in the eastern province of Deir Al Zor on the western bank of the Euphrates River and is flanked by the vast Badia desert to its west and south. A military source on Thursday however denied any attack against positions of the Syrian army along the western bank of the Euphrates. But intermittent bombardment on army positions from its eastern bank had prompted retaliation with suitable weapons, the source said. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, control most of the territory to the east of the Euphrates, where a few villages are still under ISIS control. Observatory director Rami Abdul Rahman said Thursday morning "ISIS attempts to advance in the direction of the town of Mayadeen are ongoing" from the Badia desert. He said it was the "largest ISIS attack since they were expelled from the town" by regime forces and their allies in October 2017. |
| Posted by:Fred |