The Syrian army announced it had captured all military positions fell earlier on Saturday to the Islamic State (IS) group in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, according to the Syrian national TV.
The Syrian forces backed by Russian air force managed to quickly restore the areas that fell to the IS Saturday after a US airstrike targeted Syrian army positions in the al-Tharda Mountain in Deir al-Zour.
The Syrian army also thwarted an IS attack in the town of al-Jafra in Deir al-Zour.
More than 30 Syrian soldiers were killed on Saturday evening by the US attack, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as the Russian Defense Ministry placed the death toll at 62.
The airstrikes targeted the artillery and rockets battalion in the al-Tharda Mountain, said the Observatory.
The UK-based watchdog group said the Syrian soldiers abandoned their positions following the strikes, which facilitated an attack by the IS group.
The IS captured the positions, prompting the Syrian army to send reinforcements to the al-Tharda Mountain, located just 10 kilometers from the city of Deir al-Zour.
Local Syrian media said the Syrian air force then struck the IS positions in al-Tharda.
The general-command of the Syrian army accused the US of supporting the IS in the attack in Deir al-Zour.
The plan aimed at opening a road between Deir al-Zour and Palmyra in central Syria, but the US-led airstrikes thwarted the plan and enabled the IS to advance.
The incident marks the first US-led attack on a government forces' positions since the coalition started striking IS positions in Syria in late 2014.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon said a US-led coalition airstrike against the IS may have unintentionally targeted Syrian government forces.
[Xinhua/china.org.cn]
18/9/16
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The Syrian forces backed by Russian air force managed to quickly restore the areas that fell to the IS Saturday after a US airstrike targeted Syrian army positions in the al-Tharda Mountain in Deir al-Zour.
The Syrian army also thwarted an IS attack in the town of al-Jafra in Deir al-Zour.
More than 30 Syrian soldiers were killed on Saturday evening by the US attack, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as the Russian Defense Ministry placed the death toll at 62.
The airstrikes targeted the artillery and rockets battalion in the al-Tharda Mountain, said the Observatory.
The UK-based watchdog group said the Syrian soldiers abandoned their positions following the strikes, which facilitated an attack by the IS group.
The IS captured the positions, prompting the Syrian army to send reinforcements to the al-Tharda Mountain, located just 10 kilometers from the city of Deir al-Zour.
Local Syrian media said the Syrian air force then struck the IS positions in al-Tharda.
The general-command of the Syrian army accused the US of supporting the IS in the attack in Deir al-Zour.
- Meanwhile, Syria's al-Ekhbarya TV said the Syrian air force was planning an operation on the IS-held areas that would help retaking Deir al-Zour city, where 50,000 civilians have been besieged by the IS since 2014.
The plan aimed at opening a road between Deir al-Zour and Palmyra in central Syria, but the US-led airstrikes thwarted the plan and enabled the IS to advance.
The incident marks the first US-led attack on a government forces' positions since the coalition started striking IS positions in Syria in late 2014.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon said a US-led coalition airstrike against the IS may have unintentionally targeted Syrian government forces.
[Xinhua/china.org.cn]
18/9/16
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