Army downs ISIS radio-controlled aircraft, kills number of terrorists in Deir Ezzor

Deir Ezzor – Army units, backed by the army air force, engaged last night in violent clashes with ISIS-affiliated terrorist groups at the southern axis of Deir Ezzor City.

For the third day in a row, army units clashed with ISIS-affiliated terrorist groups in the area of al-Panorama, the surroundings of the Regiment 137 and al-Maqaber “cemeteries” area while the fiercest clashes took place at the hills of Syriatel and Um Abboud to the south of Deir Ezzor, SANA reported.

 SANA added that the clashes were accompanied by intensive raids carried out by the army air force and bombardments on the fortifications and the supply routes of ISIS in al-Bghailiye, Tharda valley, the surroundings of Talet al-Sunouf, al-Taim crossroads, Kou’a al-Mayadeen, al-Panorama farms, al-Makabbat, Talet al-Rasad, the oil stations of al-Sham, al-Azem and al-Iman, al-Taim School and the Technical Institute.

A radio-controlled aircraft was downed in the operations in the area of al-Panorama and a number of terrorists were killed, in addition to destroying their fortifications.

Kuwaiti terrorists Abu al-Qasem al-Mutairi and Abu Mohammad al-Ahmadi, Saudi terrorist Abu Khadija al-Jazrawi and Moroccan terrorist Abu Othman were identified among the killed terrorists.