Islamic State militants launched their biggest attack in months on regime-held areas of the city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, killing dozens of civilians and regime troops, a war monitor said.
At least six large explosions rocked the city since dawn as the militants clashed with the army and allied forces, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Syrian regime warplanes hit back against Islamic State positions, it added.
A military media unit run by Damascus's ally Hezbollah said the army was repelling attacks by the hardline jihadist group along several frontlines, including east of the city and around its military airport.
Syrian state television said Islamic State shelling killed three people and wounded nine in government-held districts.
State militants launched their biggest attack in months on regime-held areas of the city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, leaving dozens dead, a war monitor said.
In the eastern countryside, The U.S.-led coalition air strikes have also hit ISIS-held bastions near al-Mayadeen city, aactivists Ahmed Ramadan said.
ISIS controls most of Deir al-Zor province, which borders Iraq, including more than half the city, and has besieged the remaining government-held areas of the city for nearly two years.
The Syrian regime and its Russian ally have made regular aid drops into the encircled zone, where about 200,000 people live, lacking food and medicine. (With Reuters)
At least six large explosions rocked the city since dawn as the militants clashed with the army and allied forces, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Syrian regime warplanes hit back against Islamic State positions, it added.
A military media unit run by Damascus's ally Hezbollah said the army was repelling attacks by the hardline jihadist group along several frontlines, including east of the city and around its military airport.
Syrian state television said Islamic State shelling killed three people and wounded nine in government-held districts.
State militants launched their biggest attack in months on regime-held areas of the city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, leaving dozens dead, a war monitor said.
In the eastern countryside, The U.S.-led coalition air strikes have also hit ISIS-held bastions near al-Mayadeen city, aactivists Ahmed Ramadan said.
ISIS controls most of Deir al-Zor province, which borders Iraq, including more than half the city, and has besieged the remaining government-held areas of the city for nearly two years.
The Syrian regime and its Russian ally have made regular aid drops into the encircled zone, where about 200,000 people live, lacking food and medicine. (With Reuters)
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