The Syrian army’s Republican Guard has repelled an ISIS attack on the Rashidiya district of the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor.
On Friday, about 40 ISIS fighters supported by mortar and artillery fire attacked army positions in Rashidiya, but failed to overrun its defenses in the area.
According to local sources 5 ISIS members were killed in the clashes.
Sporadic firefights have been ongoing in the area since Thursday.
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