Publish Date: 28 January 2017 - 17:30

DEIR EZZORE, Jan. 28 (MNA) – The army units, in cooperation with backing forces, carried out Saturday military operations against gatherings of ISIL terrorists in Deir Ezzor city and its eastern countryside.

SANA reporter said that an army unit dealt heavily fired a cache containing big amounts of ammunition at the surrounding area of Al-Ta’amin Brigade to the west of the Airport, demolishing the cache as huge explosions rocked the area due to the destruction of the ammunition.

Meanwhile, the army’s air force carried out night raids on gatherings and fortification points of ISIS terrorists in the neighborhoods of Hweiqa, al-Kanamat, al-Aridi, al-Mohandiseen area, in the surrounding of Deir Ezzor Airport, the village of Maratt and the surrounding of Koniko area in the Badiya of kesham town in the eastern countryside.

The reporter said that the raids inflicted heavy losses upon the terrorists in weaponry and personnel.

According to special sources, a total of 340 terrorists were killed and three car bombs, 20 vehicles equipped with machineguns an d three weapon caches were destroyed in the military operations carried out during the past few days against ISIS terrorists in the neighborhoods of al-Hweiqa, al-Reshdia, al-Kharitta, al-Sheikh Yassin, Salet Keisoum,  Koniko and al-Ziraa areas.

SANA/MNA