Key bridge destroyed in IS-held eastern Syria
Islamic State militants lost a vital supply route in eastern Syria on Monday with the destruction of the last bridge in the city of Deir Ezzor, a monitoring group said.
The regime of President Bashar al-Assad is believed to have caused the explosion which hit the Siyassiyeh crossing over the Euphrates river, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Half of Deir Ezzor city is under IS control, while the other half is in the hands of forces loyal to Assad.
"All the signs seem to indicate that the (Assad) regime was responsible for the explosion," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.
