Syria: Gov't Troops Purge Terrorists from 1,800 Sq/Km of Land in Deir Ezzur

Government troops in Syria continued their cleansing operation in Southeastern Deir Ezzur and drove the remaining pockets of ISIL terrorists out of a vast stretch of land on Monday.

News ID: 70914

Date: 25 June 2018 - 14:43

TEHRAN (Defapress)-The army men engaged in fierce clashes with the remaining pockets of ISIL in Southeastern Deir Ezzur and freed 1,800 sq/km of land along the border with Syria near Point 400 in Albu Kamal region.

A large number of ISIL terrorists were killed and their military hardware were destroyed in the operation.

In a relevant development last week, the Syrian army troops stormed the strongholds of the remaining pockets of ISIL terrorists in Western Deir Ezzur and Eastern Homs, and managed to restore security to more regions at the border with Iraq.

The army men managed to advance against ISIL in a vast region some 45km wide and 60km long in Eastern Homs after purging Ba'ar Atshan, Wadi al-Lawizeh and Tal Shadid regions of terrorists.

The army men further managed to reinvigorate security of a large region between T2 Oil Pumping Station in Southwestern Deir Ezzur and T3 Oil Pumping Station in Eastern Homs and between Humeimeh and al-Wa'ar Dam up to the borders with Iraq.

The strategic Humeimeh and T2 station were fully safe and secured.

message end