(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 12 ISIS militants killed in clashes with Jaish Maghawir al-Thawra in Syrian desert on Wednesday, military spokesman told Zaman al-Wasl.
Abu al-Athir al-Khabouri said the moderate rebel group, mostly tribesmen, had ambushed Daesh fighters in al-Alayaniya area northwestern al-Tanf border crossing with Iraq.
17 militants were also taken captive by Jaish Maghawir, according to al-Khabouri.
The Islamic State still controls territory in the Syrian desert, also known as Badiya, that lies between three provinces, Homs, Deir Ezzor and Damascus suburbs.
Reports assure that ISIS is not losing power even with victory declarations by the Syrian regime and US-led Kurdish forces.
ISIS recaptured 6 villages from the regime forces near the Iraqi border in eastern Deir Ezzor province on Tuesday, the group's official news agency said.
Daesh launched major attack on regime army and allied al-Quds militia late on Monday near Albu Kamal town, Amaq reported.
At least 7 militants from al-Quds Brigade were killed and 14 more were wounded, pro-regime news feeds said.
The Assad army and Kurdish militias have pushed Islamic State from much of the country’s north and east. The borders of ISIS has shrinked in Syria and Iraq to be a small pockets after fall of Raqqa, the de facto capital, Deir Ezzor and Albu Kamal.
Syrian Democratic Forces took most of the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor after fierce battles with ISIS last week.
On Monday, the U.S.-led Kurdish forces in Syria formed a joint military center with the Iraqi army to protect their common border region after ousting Islamic State militants, Reuters reported.
Commanders of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias, met with Iraqi military leaders on Sunday. They “discussed protecting the Syrian-Iraqi border in the region adjacent to Deir Ezzor province, and how to finally eradicate Daesh mercenaries there,” the SDF said in a statement. Daesh is an Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
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