ISIS storms Syria air base, dozens reported killed
Dozens of Syrian government troops and Islamic State fighters have been killed in fighting around a government-held air base in eastern Syria in a region that is a stronghold for the jihadists, a monitoring group said on Thursday,
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Beirut: Dozens of Syrian government troops and Islamic State fighters have been killed in fighting around a government-held air base in eastern Syria in a region that is a stronghold for the jihadists, a monitoring group said on Thursday,
It said at least 18 soldiers and 23 Islamic State fighters had been killed. The base is one of President Bashar al-Assad`s last footholds in eastern Syria. There was no mention of the attack on state media.
After more than four years of war, Assad`s sway is now mostly confined the cities of western Syria, with the rest held by Islamic State, other insurgent groups, or a Kurdish militia, which controls much of the north.
On Wednesday, Syrian state TV said government troops had quit the Abu al-Duhur air base in the northwesterly Idlib province after a two-year siege by insurgents including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.
Deir al-Zor province borders territories in Iraq that are also controlled by Islamic State, and its oilfields are a major source of revenue for the group.
A U.S.-led coalition has been attacking Islamic State from the air in Deir al-Zor and the neighbouring Raqqa province.
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