5 August 2017 - 18:48
Syrian forces enter key town of Al-Sukhnah in Eastern Homs

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The Syrian Army troops entered the key town al-Sukhnah, the last stronghold of ISIS terrorists in Eastern Homs minutes ago, after days of battle in their push towards Deir Ezzur.

The army soldiers, backed up by the country's Air Force and artillery fire, continued to hit ISIS's defense lines in Eastern Homs and entered al-Sukhnah.

The army men prevail over ISIS's defense lines from two directions and entered the town.

Field reports said that the army men captured Jabal al-Tantour North-East of al-Sukhnah and imposed military control over Bazaar of al-Sukhnah after fortifying positions in Jabal al-Tantour.

The reports added that other units of the army advanced from the Western direction of the town and captured al-Sukhnah-Rowz al-Wahash (zoo) crossroad at the entrance of the town near Palmyra-al-Sukhnah highway.

In the meantime, the Syrian forces managed to repel ISIS's heavy attack around al-Sukhnah and destroyed a bomb-laden vehicle and two military cars.

Earlier reports said that the Army men engaged in fresh clashes with ISIS in Eastern Homs and managed to drive them out of al-Hajanah checkpoint West of al-Sukhnah.

In the meantime, the army's missile units and the country's air forces targeted several positions of al-Heil region and al-Sukhnah Badiyeh (desert), inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

More reports said that ISIS is recruiting over 10-year-old kids and dispatching them to the battlefields in Syria.

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