SANA reporter in the province said that an army unit shelled ISIL terrorists’ gathering in the surroundings of al-Thardah Mountain in the southern countryside of the province, destroying their heavy machinegun-equipped vehicle and killing a number of them.
The reporter added that the army air force carried out a series of airstrikes on the ISIL terrorists’ gatherings and movement axes in al-Ummal (workers) neighborhood, in the surrounding of al-Makaber (cemeteries) area, destroying a number of their vehicles, some equipped with 23mm canon and eliminating a number of them.
Terrorist nicknamed Abu Jarah al-Kuwaiti, Majed Khalil al-Jadaan, Abdullah Jamal al-Afer, Majoud Hammad al-Qurish and Malek Qais al-Jalal were identified among the killed terrorists.
In the village of Hajin in the countryside of Abu Kamal city, 3 ISIL terrorists were killed, one of them of Iraqi nationality, due to the explosion of a land mine planted by the popular defense groups in the eastern region.
SANA/MNA