Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy said that the Syrian Army troops, assisted by Russian military aviation, have dealt a blow to the ISIL terrorist group in the Central and Eastern parts of the war-torn country.
"Over the past two weeks, the Syrian government troops, with the support of the Russian Air Force, have achieved important advances and dealt a decisive blow to ISIL's terrorists in Syria's East and Center," Rudskoy said.
He said that lifting ISIL's siege on Deir Ezzur by the Syrian troops is the most important victory of Damascus.
"We have won the battle over terrorist groups near Deir Ezzur city, which is superior in its significance and scale to all previous victories. The Syrian people had been waiting for this for more than three years," Rudskoy said.
One more Syrian army grouping, which approached the city from the direction of al-Sukhnah, is storming terrorists' stronghold at the gates of Deir Ezzur, the Russian general said.
The Syrian government forces are conducting an offensive on Deir Ezzur from the South along the Euphrates River, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
In the meantime, the Russian Armed Forces' group commander in Syria said that ISIL used about 50 vehicles with explosives during the clashes in Deir Ezzur area, while 28 of them were destroyed by government troops.
"The units of the Syrian army disoriented the enemy about the destination of the main attack by false maneuvers. During fierce clashes, the terrorists used about 50 vehicles with explosives and 28 of them were destroyed by government forces' units," Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin said.
The Russian military added that all the counterattacks carried out by terrorists had been repelled.
[farsnews.com]
6/9/17
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