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Syrian Army Rushes Forces to Palmyra in Daesh Battle

Syrian Army Rushes Forces to Palmyra in Daesh Battle
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The Syrian army said it has sent reinforcements to Palmyra, where Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] terrorists advanced to its outskirts in some of the heaviest fighting since the Takfiri group lost the historic city earlier this year.

Syrian Army Rushes Forces to Palmyra in Daesh Battle

The group had taken over areas to the northwest and southeast of Palmyra, and clashes continued on Saturday, the army said in a statement.

A militant commander from the so-called Jaish al-Mujahideen group based in the Aleppo countryside said the Daesh attack was forcing the Syrian government to divert troops from Aleppo, where the army and its allies are on the verge of a major victory against militants.

The army did not specify where reinforcements were brought from.

Daesh's assault, which began late on Thursday, martyred dozens of Syrian soldiers and quickly taken over grain silos and control of some oil and gas fields around Palmyra, monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

A statement by Daesh's Amaq online news agency said the militants pushed towards Palmyra airport on the town's eastern outskirts, which Russian forces have been using to support the Syrian army.

A US-led coalition which is separately fighting against the militants claimed late on Friday it had carried out 168 Daesh oil tanker trucks near Palmyra in a large air raid.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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