Army Regains Huweijit Saqar in Deir Ezzor

DEIR EZZOR- Army units continued operations to eradicate ISIS terrorists, advancing in different areas in Deir Ezzor City and its countryside.

A military source stressed on Thursday that the army units, in cooperation with the allied forces, re-established control over Huweijit Saqar in Deir Ezzor according to SANA.

Earlier, SANA reporter said that army units engaged in violent clashes with ISIS-affiliated terrorist groups in the area of Huweijit Saqar, and the clashes ended up with establishing control over new positions in the area, in addition to killing scores of terrorists and destroying their fortified positions.

 On the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, army units managed to advance in the direction of the northeastern countryside towards al-Jadida area, destroying the last gatherings of  ISIS terrorists in the surroundings of Khasham town.

The reporter added that the army  air force and artillery carried out intensive strikes against ISIS dens in the neighborhoods of al-Hamidyia, al-Ardi, al-Jubaila, Kanamat and Khasarat, killing scores of terrorists and destroying their arms and ammunition.

Civil sources said that 8 of ISIS terrorists were killed in clashes among ISIS-affiliated groups, 6 of whom are of foreign nationalities.

The sources added that new groups of ISIS terrorists fled away from the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor including three of their leaders.