Deir Ezzor (Syria) - Militants affiliated with the so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq were killed and injured by Armed Forces units, backed by the Syrian Air Force, in Deir Ezzor city and its surroundings. A military source said army units foiled an attack by ISIS terrorist groups in the surroundings of the graveyards area and al-Muwazafin neighborhood in Deir Ezzor city, killing 28 terrorists and injuring 30 others. The source added that a tank, 2 BMP vehicles, 2 vehicles equipped with 23 mm machineguns were destroyed during the clashes in addition to seizing a rigged with bomb bulldozer. The statement says that clashes took place in the cemetery area and the nearby quarters where ISIS members were trying to overrun government forces defenses. However, these attempts were repelled by the army. The reporter added that army units backed by the Air Force engaged in fierce clashes with ISIS terrorist groups which attacked military points in the surroundings of Deir Ezzor Airport and Liwa al-Tamin, killing more than 20 terrorists. SANA's reporter in Deir Ezzor said that the Air Force carried out night raids against ISIS terrorists' movements and sites in al-Thurda, al-Maqaber (graveyards), and the factories and dumps areas, and in the neighborhoods of al-Khasarat, al-Kanamat, al-Ardi, and al-Sheikh Yasen in the city and in al-Jafraa village, destroying a number of vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns and killing and injuring a number of ISIS terrorists.
