Publish Date: 20 November 2017 - 09:00

TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament's General Director for International Affairs Amir-Abdollahian has congratulated Syrians on liberation of the strategic border town of al-Bukamal.

In a message released on his official Twitter page, Iran’s Amir-Abdollahian extended congratulations to the people, army and president of Syria on liberation of al-Bukamal as the last ISIL bastion in Deir ez-Zor province.

He felicitated breaking of ISIL bones in the region and commemorated martyred defenders of Holy Shrines.

As part of their recent achievement, the Syrian army and its allied forces liberated the strategic border town of al-Bukamal from hands of ISIL terrorists.

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