(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 regime officers, including three military engineers, killed in an ISIS attack on Sayqal military airbase east of Damascus, the group's news agency and pro-regime media said.
Amaq agency said the Islamic State's militiamen have taken control of air defense bastions near the airport, 75km (50 miles) east of the capital, killing and wounding dozens.
Pro-regime social media pages mourned 7 army personnel, including three engineers most of them form coastal area.
On Sunday, ISIS killed 13 fighters loyal to Bashar al-Assad in the eastern countryside of central Homs province.
-T4 military airport-
The Islamic State waged an attack on regime forces and allied militias north of T4 military airport, killing brigadier general and lieutenant along with 11 more.
The Syrian regime has moved most of its fighters jets from the embattled military airport over fears the Islamic State will succeed in taking the strategic base in Syria desert, sources said.
The military sources said 20 Su-24 and Su-22 were transferred to the Iran-controlled airport of al-Shuairat in eastern Homs. 3 Gazelle helicopters have also left T4.
Backed by heavy aerial bombing and National defense militia, the Assad forces controlled al-Qaryatin road, key supply route to T4 airport.
-Air drops-
Also in eastern Syria, the United Nations has restarted air drops of food to support 93,500 Syrians besieged by ISIS in the city of Deir al-Zor, the U.N. World Food Program said on Tuesday.
Air drops were halted on Jan. 15 after Islamic State militants cut the besieged zone in two and overran the drop zone that had been used for 177 air drops since April.
WFP spokeswoman Bettina Luescher said a new drop zone was now in use and air drops resumed on Jan. 29, with two drops at the new site so far. A total of 3,340 tonnes of food and other humanitarian aid have been dropped since last April.
Amaq agency said the Islamic State's militiamen have taken control of air defense bastions near the airport, 75km (50 miles) east of the capital, killing and wounding dozens.
Pro-regime social media pages mourned 7 army personnel, including three engineers most of them form coastal area.
On Sunday, ISIS killed 13 fighters loyal to Bashar al-Assad in the eastern countryside of central Homs province.
-T4 military airport-
The Islamic State waged an attack on regime forces and allied militias north of T4 military airport, killing brigadier general and lieutenant along with 11 more.
The Syrian regime has moved most of its fighters jets from the embattled military airport over fears the Islamic State will succeed in taking the strategic base in Syria desert, sources said.
The military sources said 20 Su-24 and Su-22 were transferred to the Iran-controlled airport of al-Shuairat in eastern Homs. 3 Gazelle helicopters have also left T4.
Backed by heavy aerial bombing and National defense militia, the Assad forces controlled al-Qaryatin road, key supply route to T4 airport.
-Air drops-
Also in eastern Syria, the United Nations has restarted air drops of food to support 93,500 Syrians besieged by ISIS in the city of Deir al-Zor, the U.N. World Food Program said on Tuesday.
Air drops were halted on Jan. 15 after Islamic State militants cut the besieged zone in two and overran the drop zone that had been used for 177 air drops since April.
WFP spokeswoman Bettina Luescher said a new drop zone was now in use and air drops resumed on Jan. 29, with two drops at the new site so far. A total of 3,340 tonnes of food and other humanitarian aid have been dropped since last April.
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