Syrian Army Repels ISIL’s Heavy Offensives in Deir Ezzur

The army men engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL and warded off their attack in a desert near Sabikhan settlement.

In the meantime, other units of the army repelled ISIL’s attack in the town of al-Sahlehiyeh, East of Sabikhan, inflicting a number of casualties on the terrorists and destroying their military equipment.

In a similar development on Monday, the army forwarded more forces and military equipment, including several cannons, to its positions in Eastern Damascus, to launch a fresh round of large-scale attacks on ISIL that stormed the government forces’ position in al-Mayadeen desert recently.

In the meantime, the army forces engaged in a tough battle with ISIL in Eastern Badiyeh (desert) between Western Deir Ezzur and Eastern Homs, killing or wounding a number of terrorists.

Also, the army aircraft pounded several times ISIL’s positions South of Humeimeh region, imposing heavy casualties on the militants.