ISIL, US Warplanes Attack Syrian Army Positions in Deir Ezzur

TEHRAN (defapress)- The ISIL terrorist group and the US fighter jets simultaneously attacked one of Syrian Army positions in Southeastern Deir Ezzur, media reports said.

News ID: 75379

Date: 03 February 2019 - 14:40

The Arabic-language service of the Russian Sputnik news agency reported that the US warplanes pounded the Syrian Army's artillery unit in al-Askariyeh region West of Al-Bu Kamal in Southeastern Deir Ezzur.

It noted that the Syrian Army's artillery canon was destroyed in the attack and two Syrian soldiers were also wounded.

The Syrian state news agency (SANA) also reported that the ISIL terrorists stationed in the town of Baghouz also attacked the Syrian Army positions concurrent with the US airstrikes on army positions in Southeastern Deir Ezzur.

The Syrian Army troops killed and wounded a large number of terrorists in fierce clashes with them and after warding off their attack.

In a relevant in early May 2018, the US-led coalition fighter jets bombed the Syrian Army positions in Eastern Deir Ezzur after the army’s advances against the Washington-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the province.

The fighter jets bombed the army positions between the towns of al-Qouriyeh and Mahkan near the Euphrates River bank in Eastern Deir Ezzur.

The coalition’s air raid came after the army won control of several villages, including al-Ji’eh and Janineh in Western Deir Ezzur.

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