Army foils ISIS attack, kills a number of terrorists in Deir Ezzor

Deir Ezzor – Army and Armed Forces units operating in Deir Ezzor intensified the bombardments against gatherings and positions of ISIS terrorists in the city and the surrounding area.

SANA said that army units bombarded positions and fortifications of ISIS terrorists in the surroundings of al-Panorama, al-Panorama Bridge, the Electricity Company, and Liwa al-Tamin at the southern axis of Deir Ezzor city, and in the neighborhoods of al-Ommal and Huaijet Saqir and in al-Bughailiya village.

 SANA added that a number of ISIS positions and fortifications were destroyed in the process, and a number of terrorists were killed and others were injured.

Another army unit engaged in violent clashes with ISIS-affiliated terrorist groups which attacked military posts in the surroundings of Um Abboud hill southwest of Deir Ezzor city, inflicting heavy losses upon them in the personnel and equipment.