ISIS dispatches ‘special forces’ to Deir Ezzur to slow down Syrian soldiers advances

A field source confirmed on Saturday that the ISIS has forwarded a large number of Jeish al-Khalafa fighters (the terrorist group’s special forces) to Southeastern Deir Ezzur to slow down the rapid and devastating advances of the Syrian Army troops in the region.

The source said that ISIS has sent a large number of Jeish al-Khalafa fighters to Southeastern Deir Ezzur to prevent the army soldiers from advancing and imposing control over the group’s main stronghold.

The source said that the army men have gained control over a chunk of the highway connecting Deir Ezzur city to its Eastern countryside, adding that the army forces, backed up by the country’s Air Force and missile units, have advanced towards the town of al-Mayadeen from the direction of Southern Badiyeh (desert) and artillery battalion base.

The source further said that the recent advances of the army men in al-Mayadeen region have caused the ISIS to forward its special forces to the region.

Military sources confirmed on Friday that the army men clashed fiercely with ISIL and imposed control over Marat Fowqani region in the Eastern bank of the Euphrates River.

They added that the army soldiers also won back the village of Hatlah Tahtani and advanced against terrorists considerably in the village of Hatlah Fowqani.

Meantime, the Syrian Air Force pounded the positions and movements of ISIL in the towns of Mouhassan and al-Mayadeen and in the villages of Buqrus, al-Janineh, al-Hosseiniyeh, Hatlah, Sa’alou, Ziban, Hawa’ej Ziban, Bu Leil, al-Salehiyeh and the neighborhoods of Kanamat, al-Hamidiyeh, Sheikh Yaseen, Khasarat and al-Arzi, destroying several vehicles and command posts.

Source: Farsnews