ISIS terrorists are pulling the strongest units to Deir Ezzur for last stand
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that ISIL terrorists are gathering their remaining forces in Deir Ezzur to prepare for a decisive battle as the Syrian Army, supported by the Russian Air Force, pushes to retake the besieged city.
“Syrian government forces supported by Russian Aerospace forces are swiftly pushing from three directions towards Deir Ezzur at the moment. The foothold around the city is the last stronghold of terrorists on Syrian soil,” General Sergey Rudskoy, Spokesman for the Russian General Staff, said during a press briefing in Moscow, RT reported.
ISIL terrorists are trying to gather more forces in the Deir Ezzur province ahead of the final push of the Syrian Army and its allies, Rudskoy added.
“The remaining [terrorist] forces are heading there. According to our data, militants from Mosul [in Iraq] moved there and the most battle-ready units from Raqqa,” Rudskoy stated.
He stressed that despite the withdrawal of the majority of ISIL terrorists from Raqqa, the “so-called Syrian Democratic Forces, supported by the US and allies” were still unable to capture it after a three-month siege.
The swift actions of the army and its allies in central Syria allowed ISIL forces to be surrounded in the vicinity of the town of Aqayrabat, the Spokesman said, adding that the town was expected to be liberated in the nearest future.
“The defeat of the main forces of the most odious terrorist group, ISIL, which intended to create a so-called ‘caliphate,’ will be completed with lifting the siege of Deir Ezzur,” he said.
“During the past five days, Russian planes made 316 sorties and carried out 819 strikes,” Rudskoy stressed, adding that “all in all, in August, Russian Aerospace forces aviation made 990 sorties, [and] 2,518 airstrikes have been carried out on command posts, positions, stockpiles, transshipment bases and camps. Forty armored vehicles, 106 gun trucks and up to 800 terrorists have been destroyed.”
Syria has been mired in bloody war since March 2011, with Damascus forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad fighting tens of terrorist groups, including the ISIL and Al-Nusra Front.
Source: Farsnews
