Syrian troops breach 3-year ISIS siege on eastern city
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BEIRUT - Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the eastern city of Deir el-Zour on Tuesday, breaching a nearly 3-year Islamic State group siege on government-held areas of the contested city near the Iraqi border, Syrian state TV and a war monitoring group said.
The TV said troops advancing from the west reached the western outskirts of the city and broke the siege after ISIS defenses collapsed.
Rami Abdurrahman who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said advancing troops and those defending the city have met.
