Syria Army Regains Full Control of Albukamal
According to al-Misri al-Yawm news website, the army put an end to the presence of Daesh elements in Albukamal, a town in the eastern province of Deir al-Zur near the Iraqi border.
The Daesh terrorists had entered parts of the town a few days ago after a violent attack that included suicide bombings.
In November last year, Syrian forces announced that they liberated the town, the last Daesh bastion in Syria.
It used to serve as the main Daesh stronghold in Syria after the terror group left Raqqah in the north to US-backed Kurdish militants.
Separately, the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria said Syrian troops backed by the Russian air force had managed to prevent the terrorists from breaking out of the southeastern al-Tanf area in Homs Province toward the city of Palmyra.
During the operation, the forces killed five terrorists and destroyed a pickup truck as well as a motorbike belonging to them, the statement said.
