Assad's Forces incur Heavy Losses in Deir Al Zour Battles

Appeal calls went on loud from mosques in Deir al-Zour, requesting urgent support for rebels in their hardest battle against Syrian Regime in the city airport.

Sources reported to Zaman Alwasl that regime in the beginning of the battle sacrificed low-ranked soldiers in Syrian Army belonging to uprising areas, and the National Defence Army Militias, as dozens of them were killed. However, lately the regime changed its plan and started to use the Iraqi Shiites militia with cover of heavy shelling and rockets. The source revealed that 3 soldiers were killed because they tried to defect and join the rebels.

Some wireless communication were caught from the regime side, confirmed the participation of Abo Alfadhl al-Abbas militia in the airport battle.

Sources confirmed that Iraqi Militia have been in Deir al-Zour for long time, but they rarely participated in the airport battle, as their duties limited to fronts inside the city. However, recent information from the airport, confirm the heavy participation of Abo Alfadl Alabbas militia in the battle.

Sources reported the non-stop heavy shelling and air strikes bombing on the liberated parts on the city and villages around the airport.

Rebels in Deir al-Zour have been facing severe battle against the regime for 600 days, where they managed to liberate all the countryside and most parts on the city and they liberate al-Siyasieh Bridge which helped in breaking the siege in many areas. Translation by Yusra Ahmed