Deir al-Zour

Syrian army retakes last IS stronghold in Syria for 2nd time

Damascus - Muslimchronicle

The Syrian army and allied fighters fully captured the eastern city of al-Bukamal, the last Islamic State (IS) stronghold in Syria, on Sunday, state news agency SANA reported. The Syrian forces are mopping up the city to dismantle the explosives left by IS in al-Bukamal in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour province in eastern Syria, according to the report.Read more

ISIS recaptures Al-Bukamal using ambushes and traps, Russia denies

Deir al-Zour - Muslimchronicle

Two days ago, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced that ISIS recaptured Al-Bukamal city in the eastern governorate of Deir al-Zour in Syria - its last stronghold in the country and the most strategic one - from the Syrian regime and its allies which they entered on Friday declaring victory. A number of tribal leaders and local residents inRead more

75 killed in suicide car bomb attack in Syria's Deir al-Zour

Deir al-Zour - Muslimchronicle

A suicide car bomb attack carried out by the Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour killed 75 people and wounded 140 others, a monitor group reported on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said children were among those killed in the blast that took place Saturday evening on the eastern bank of the EuphratesRead more

Land mine exploded killing 3 persons in Hasaka & Asayish

Damascus - Noura Khowam

Commander of the al-Haydat regiment was killed in clashes between the Syrian forces and the Da'ash organization in Deir al-Zour, official media reported. Abdel Rahman al-Meer, the commander of the al-Haydat regiment, as well as members of the government forces, including a colonel, were killed during the last 24 hours during a military operation in Deir al-Zour. Informed sources informedRead more

U.S.-led airstrike kills 14 civilians in Syria's Deir al-Zour

Damascus - Muslimchronicle

At least 14 civilians were killed and 32 others wounded on Monday in a U.S.-led airstrike in Syria's eastern city of Deir al-Zour, the state TV reported. The strike targeted the government-controlled Al-Qosoor neighborhood in the city, said the report. Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the identity of the warplanes, which carried out the airstrike, isRead more

IS claims capturing 2 Russian soldiers in Syria's Deir al-Zour province

Deir al-Zour - Muslimchronicle

The Islamic State (IS) group said it had captured two Russian soldiers in the countryside of Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, the group's Amaq news agency reported on Thursday. The IS abducted two Russian soldiers and a Syrian soldier in the town of Sholah in the western desert of Deir al-Zour, Amaq reported. Sholah is located on the mainRead more

Syrian army captures mountains in Deir al-Zour

Deir al-Zour - Muslimchronicle

The Syrian army on Sunday captured the Tharda mountains in the southern rim of Deir al-Zour province in eastern Syria, securing the airbase of Deir al-Zour, a military source told Xinhua. source: XinhuaRead more

Syrian army captures Tharda Mountains in Deir al-Zour

Deir al-Zour - Muslimchronicle

The Syrian army on Sunday captured the Tharda Mountains in the southern rim of Deir al-Zour province in eastern Syria, securing the airbase of Deir al-Zour, a military source told Xinhua. The capture of the Tharda Mountains has secured the vicinity of the airbase of Deir al-Zour, as the mountains function as the airbase's first defense line. A day earlier,Read more

ISIS ‘minister of war’ killed in Russian airstrike

Moscow - Muslimchronicle

Russia claimed Friday to have killed several top commanders of ISIS group in an airstrike in Syria, including the so-called Emir of Deir Ezzor and the “Minister of War”. “As a result of a precision airstrike of the Russian air forces in the vicinity of Deir Ezzor city, a command post, communication center and some 40 ISIS fighters have beenRead more

Attack and retreat battles between the regime and ISIS in Deir al-Zour

Deir al-Zour - Muslimchronicle

ISIS launched a counter-attack on an entrance that the regime's forces managed to break in on Tuesday in a bid to re-impose the blockade on the 137th Brigade in Deir al-Zour and the neighborhoods under Assad's control. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, ISIS targeted the positions of the forces of the regime in the area of theRead more