BEIRUT (Sputnik) — The Syrian army has an outpost situated nine miles from the T4 military air base or about 43 miles south of Palmyra and according to the source, terrorists managed to gain a foothold close to the air base on the territory of an abandoned barracks on Monday.
"Daesh troops tried to advance to T4 from Qaryateyn again last night. However, the attack was weak and easily repelled. The army firmly controls the situation and the strategic road from Homs to Palmyra," the source told RIA Novosti.
Daesh, an extremist group outlawed in a number of countries including Russia, controlled Palmyra for nearly a year, during which time it destroy a number of ancient monuments that make up the UNESCO heritage site. The Syrian Army, backed by Russian Aerospace Defense Forces, liberated the city on March 27.
