The Syrian Army troops, backed up by the country’s Air Force, repelled ISIL’s heavy offensive on the pro-government forces’ positions in the Southeastern outskirts of Deir Ezzur city, inflicting major losses on the terrorists. The army units engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL and warded off the terrorists’ attack on their positions in Huweija Sakar region, killing or wounding a number of militants and destroying their equipment. Also, the army men targeted and destroyed a bomb-laden vehicle of ISIL before hitting their positons in Huweija Sakar. In the meantime, the army’s missile units and aircraft targeted heavily ISIL’s positions and movements in Hatlah and al-Hosseiniyeh region and in the neighborhoods of al-Huweiqa, Kanamat, Khasarat, al-Roshdiyeh, al-Arzi and al-Orfi, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their military hardware.
