BEIRUT (Sputnik) – The Syrian Army has seized the strategic height of Sawwan, cutting off the supply route used by Daesh terrorists to access the Shaer gas reservoir, the biggest facility of its kind in the country, a source familiar with the situation told Sputnik Tuesday.
“The Syrian army advanced from several directions to Sawwan and took control of the height resulting in IS' supply route between the terrorist stronghold in Okairibat and Shaer being cut off,” the source told Sputnik.
The Syrian army’s offensive is said to be continuing under artillery and aerial cover.
Terrorists from Islamic State, which is outlawed in Russia and many other countries, seized Syria's largest gas reservoir on May 5. In 2014, they also briefly captured the reservoir, paralyzing gas supply to power stations in the provinces of Homs and Damascus for a week.
The Shaer reservoir produces about 3 million cubic meters of gas every day.
