19 casualties at least in a shocking operation by the members of ISIS inside Deir Ezzor Military Airbase

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information about information from a number of reliable sources, that 19 members at least were killed in Deir Ezzor Military Airbase, about 24 hours ago, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; 6 Chechen members of the “Islamic State” organization, managed to enter Deir Ezzor Military Airbase, wearing Russian military uniforms, and when they reached inside the airbase at the outskirts of Deir Ezzor city, they get off the vehicle they were traveling in, and opened fire of their machineguns on the members of the regime forces of who were in the airbase, and the fighting between them and the members of the regime forces was accompanied by detonating the vehicle which the traveling in, which resulted in the death of 13 members of the regime forces, and the injury of others with varying degrees of severity, and the 6 members of ISIS were also killed in this attack, and there was information received about detonating on of these members himself by explosive belt he was wearing.

 

This is the first explosion that targets Deir Ezzor city, since it was controlled completely on the 2nd of November 2017, after military operations during which violent fighting took place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against the “Islamic State” organization, also the regime forces lifted the siege imposed on their controlled areas including Deir Ezzor Military Airbase, on the 10th of September 2017.