Today, the Syrian army and the National Defense Forces have launched a fresh advance on the ISIS terrorist group outside the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor. The government forces engaged ISIS militants in the Thardah Mountain and regained the hill 1 in the area.
The ongoing advanve is amied to retake a bunch of hilltops controlled by ISIS south of Deir Ezzor. If this is done, the army and its allied militias will be able to secure this flank of the city from futuer attacks.
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