IS insurgents flee as Syrian Army liberates new points in Palmyra

AhlulBayt News Agency - Today in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate, the Syrian Arab Army’s “Tiger Forces” – backed by Liwaa Suqour Al-Sahra (Desert Hawks), Liwaa Imam Al-‘Ali (Iraqi paramilitary), and the National Defense Forces (NDF) – liberated two new points at Jabal Hayyal in western Palmyra (Tadmur) after a violent battle with the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS).

According to the latest military report from the Palmyra countryside, the Syrian Armed Forces advanced at the Ancient Palmyra Quarries and the small village of Tateen, seizing one point from each site after the Russian Air Force pounded ISIS’ defenses.

Fierce clashes between the Syrian Armed Forces and ISIS have been reported at several sites in the Palmyra countryside this morning, as the government forces continue to press the terrorist group’s defenses at three different flanks around this strategic desert city in the Homs Governorate’s eastern countryside.



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