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Syrian army thwarts Daesh attacks on military posts in Dayr al-Zawr

Saturday, 30 September 2017 3:21 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 30 September 2017 3:23 PM ]

Syrian pro-government forces flash the V-sign from the side of a road on the outskirts of Dayr al-Zawr city on September 24, 2017, as government forces continue to press ahead with an offensive against Daesh Takfiri terrorists across Dayr al-Zawr. (Photo by AFP)

Syrian army soldiers, supported by allied fighters, have managed to repel attacks by Daesh Takfiri terrorists on a number of military positions in the country’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.

A military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Syria’s official news agency, SANA, on Saturday that government troops and their allies managed to thwart the militant assaults in al-Thardat area on the road linking Mayadin city to the provincial capital city of Dayr al-Zawr.

The source added that dozens of Daesh terrorists were killed during fierce clashes with Syrian forces. Three car bombs and a considerable amount of munitions were destroyed and an armored vehicle was seized as well.

Meanwhile, an unnamed source in Dayr al-Zawr operations command said Syrian army soldiers and allied forces were clearing areas near the roadway connecting the cities of Palmyra and Dayr al-Zawr.

“Some Daesh terrorists fled … after the attack was repelled. Now the army and allied forces are chasing the enemy and clearing the areas near the highway,” the source said.

Syrian pro-government forces stand in the back of a truck in Madan area, in the countryside of Dayr al-Zawr city, on September 24, 2017, as Syrian government forces continue to press ahead with an offensive against Daesh Takfiri terrorists across Dayr al-Zawr province. (Photo by AFP)

Daesh overran large parts of Dayr al-Zawr province, including its many oil fields, in mid-2014 as it seized swathes of land in Syria and neighboring Iraq.

By early 2015, the Takfiri terrorists were in control of some parts of Dayr al-Zawr city and besieged the remaining parts, which were under government control. It is estimated that 100,000 people remain in the government-held parts of the city.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that more than 10,000 people may be living in the Daesh-held parts of Dayr al-Zawr.

Al-Manar cameraman slain in Homs

Meanwhile, a cameraman for Lebanon-based al-Manar television network has been killed while covering advances by Syrian army troops and allied fighters from popular defense groups against foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants in Hmeimeh area on the outskirts of the western city of Homs.

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