The source explained that the army members defending Deir Ezzor military airport killed Sunday morning all members of an ISIL-linked terrorist group that infiltrated towards the airport.
Other army units carried out intensive operations against positions of ISIL terrorists in al-Orfi neighborhood and the villages of Hweijet Sakr and al-Bugheiliyeh in the eastern and western countryside of Deir Ezzor.
15 terrorists were killed in the operations, in addition to destroying a mortar position and a number of the vehicles, according to the source.
Meanwhile, SANA reporter said that an army unit foiled an attack by ISIL terrorists on military posts in al-Ommal neighborhood, killing a number of them and injuring others.
SANA/MNA