The Syrian Army has conducted military operations in several districts of Deir ez-Zor and its suburbs preventing the rebels from capturing new territories. The fighting took place in six surrounding villages, according to the Arab newspaper Alahednews. Two IS boats were destroyed on the Euphrates river not far from the city.
Meanwhile, 18 miles away from the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, militants from the Jabhat al-Nusra Sunni terrorist group have been assaulting the cities of Noble and Al-Zahra, mostly populated by Shia Muslims, for five days. Syrian Air Forces are supporting the army in the operation.
The civil war in Syria started in 2011. Government troops loyal to President Bashar Assad have been fighting various groups including several jihadist ones. IS began fighting the Syrian government in 2012.
According to UN data, about 15,000 people from some 80 countries have traveled to Syria to join the terrorists since the conflict broke out.
