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Army advances against Daesh in central Syria

A file photo of Syrian troops firing artillery shells toward Daesh positions (by AFP)

Syria’s army and its allies have advanced further against the Daesh terrorist group in the central part of the Arab country.

The joint forces, backed by Russian airpower, have been pushing against the terrorists near the main road linking the cities of Homs and Aleppo in order to secure the road. On Friday, they ousted Daesh from the village of Uqairabat in the area.

The War Media, associated with the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah, whose fighters have been helping the Syrian army, said on Saturday that the combined push succeeded in liberating more villages there.

The area is currently the scene of intense fighting, the outlet added.

A picture taken on August 2, 2017 during a tour guided by the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah shows one of the group’s fighters flying its flag as he sits in a vehicle in the mountainous area around the Syrian town of Flita, near the border with Lebanon. (By AFP)

Facing intense pressure, Daesh has been retreating to the western Syrian city of Dayr al-Zawr. The terrorist group has been moving its members as well as heavy weaponry to the area to prevent it from recapture by the Syrian government in the face of crushing defeats elsewhere in Syria as well as in neighboring Iraq.

On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said the terrorists’ movement toward Dayr al-Zawr showed Daesh recognized “the fact that the staging area around Dayr al-Zawr is the last stronghold of the international terrorists on Syrian soil.”

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Daesh started a campaign of terror against Syria and Iraq in 2013 and 2014. Since two years ago, however, it has suffered debilitating blows at the hands of national armies in the two countries.

Iran has been offering advisory military support to both the Syrian and Iraqi governments. Russia, too, has been assisting Damascus by launching an aerial bombardment campaign in Syria.


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