Channels

Syrian forces retake Deir al-Zor hospital after "major" Islamic State offensive

Syrian government forces retook a hospital in Deir al-Zor after Islamic State attacked it on Saturday following a dawn offensive by the militants on the besieged eastern Syrian city, a war monitor and state media said.

 

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors Syria's five-year-long war, said Islamic State had killed at least 35 members of the Syrian armed forces and detained some medical staff from the hospital.

 

The fighting in and around the hospital also killed at least 24 Islamic State fighters, the Observatory said.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 05.14.16, 23:25