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Syrian Army Liberates Four Oil Fields in Raqqa, Deir Ez-Zor Provinces

© AFP 2023 / STRINGER (File) Syrian army forces fire towards Islamic State group positions as they advance towards Hayyan oil field, east of the central Syrian Homs province on February 7, 2017
(File) Syrian army forces fire towards Islamic State group positions as they advance towards Hayyan oil field, east of the central Syrian Homs province on February 7, 2017 - Sputnik International
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The Syrian Arab Army regained control over a number of settlements in the southern part of the Raqqa province and in western Deir ez-Zor, including four oil fields, according to a source.

DAMASCUS (Sputnik) – Syrian government troops established control over four oil fields in the provinces of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, a Syrian military source told Sputnik on Saturday.

“The Syrian Arab Army regained control over a number of settlements in the southern part of the Raqqa province and in western Deir ez-Zor. The control over four oil fields … was restored,” the source said.

A still image taken from a video released on the internet by Islamic State-affiliated Amaq News Agency, on April 18, 2017, purports to show the aftermath, said to be in al-Bukamal town, in Deir al-Zor province, after air strikes thought to have been directed by planes from a U.S.-led military coalition, Syria - Sputnik International
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The source added that the Syrian government troops were carrying out offensives against the Daesh terror group, outlawed in Russia, in the provinces of Raqqa, Homs, Suwayda and Hama.

Syria has been engulfed in a civil war for over six years with the government troops fighting against numerous opposition factions as well as terrorist groups.

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