Syrian Army Drives ISIL out of Another Region in Southeastern Deir Ezzur

The Syrian Army troops stormed the positions of the remaining pockets of ISIL terrorists in Southeastern Damascus and took control over a strategic region near the town of al-Mayadeen on Wednesday.

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Date: 09 May 2018 - 20:52

TEHRAN (Defapress)- The army men and popular forces engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL 50 km South of al-Mayadeen and pushed the terrorists back from the village of Feizeh Bin Moyna'a in Syria's Badiyeh (desert).

A large number of terrorists were killed or wounded and their military equipment were destroyed in the operation.

In a relevant development on Tuesday, the army, backed up by the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Liwa Al-Quds (Palestinian paramilitary), began the operation by pushing ISIL back from areas West of the strategic town of Al-Mayadeen in Central Deir Ezzur.

The Syrian Army and their allies would swiftly advance through the vast Syrian Desert, pushing the ISIL as far as 50 km away from Al-Mayadeen.

According to a military source in Homs, the Syrian Army’s 5th Legion and their allies managed to liberate several points in Western Deir Ezzur, including the town of Faydat Umm Muwaynah in the Syrian Desert.

This latest advance by the Syrian Army comes just days after the ISIL was reportedly preparing to launch an offensive to break out of this region and enter the Euphrates River Valley.

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