(Zaman Al Wasl)- Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, an Islamic State-linked group operating in southern province of Daraa, took Thursday a key town and encircled another in the western countryside, sources said.
Yramouk Martyrs and its allied group al-Muthanna Movement launched major attack on rebels and Nusra Front, seeking to extend a territory it contols as concern rise of an ISIS advance in Daraa while its militants have been defeated in the Syrian desert and northeastern Syria.
Yarmouk Martyrs brigade has captured Sahm al-Golan town while imposing siege on Hait village which in control of Fatah Army, field source said.
Last Monday, the ISIS affiliate took Adwan village.
In their turn, rebels backed by Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham movement have recaptured the towns of Mzairib and al-Sheikh Saad from Yramouk Martyrs brigade.
Rebels, who sent reinforcement to stop Yarmouk's advance in the western countryside, have formed an operation room to coordinate their military efforts in Daraa. 18 factions have participated seeking to uproot the group's strongholds.
In eastern Syria, U.S.-backed rebels are pressing hard to take the Syrian-Iraqi border from the Islamic State, as regime army backed by a Russian cover makes advances near Palmyra, the capital of Syrian desert, activists said.
The radical group has been trapped in the Syria desert as fighting gets fierce with regime army near the ancient city of Palmyra and after losing al-Tanf border crossing to favor of U.S.-backed Syria's New Army.
ISIS has also endured to a setback northeastern Syria by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces that made rapid advances against ISIS in the last few months.
On Thursday, Regime forces fought their way into Palmyra as the army backed by Russian air cover sought to recapture the historic city from ISIS, Syrian state TV and a monitoring group said.
The army earlier this month launched a concerted offensive to retake Palmyra, which the ultra-hardline Islamist militants seized in May 2015, to open a road to the mostly IS-held eastern province of Deir al-Zor.
Yramouk Martyrs and its allied group al-Muthanna Movement launched major attack on rebels and Nusra Front, seeking to extend a territory it contols as concern rise of an ISIS advance in Daraa while its militants have been defeated in the Syrian desert and northeastern Syria.
Yarmouk Martyrs brigade has captured Sahm al-Golan town while imposing siege on Hait village which in control of Fatah Army, field source said.
Last Monday, the ISIS affiliate took Adwan village.
In their turn, rebels backed by Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham movement have recaptured the towns of Mzairib and al-Sheikh Saad from Yramouk Martyrs brigade.
Rebels, who sent reinforcement to stop Yarmouk's advance in the western countryside, have formed an operation room to coordinate their military efforts in Daraa. 18 factions have participated seeking to uproot the group's strongholds.
In eastern Syria, U.S.-backed rebels are pressing hard to take the Syrian-Iraqi border from the Islamic State, as regime army backed by a Russian cover makes advances near Palmyra, the capital of Syrian desert, activists said.
The radical group has been trapped in the Syria desert as fighting gets fierce with regime army near the ancient city of Palmyra and after losing al-Tanf border crossing to favor of U.S.-backed Syria's New Army.
ISIS has also endured to a setback northeastern Syria by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces that made rapid advances against ISIS in the last few months.
On Thursday, Regime forces fought their way into Palmyra as the army backed by Russian air cover sought to recapture the historic city from ISIS, Syrian state TV and a monitoring group said.
The army earlier this month launched a concerted offensive to retake Palmyra, which the ultra-hardline Islamist militants seized in May 2015, to open a road to the mostly IS-held eastern province of Deir al-Zor.
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