For the last three weeks, the Syrian Armed Forces have been forced to go on the defensive, as the militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) launched a number attacks around the provincial capital of the Deir Ezzor Governorate; this assault included the imperative Deir Ezzor Military Airport that is currently under the control of the Syrian Arab Army’s 137th Brigade of the 17th Reserve Division.
Following a failed assault by ISIS at the Deir Ezzor Military Airport, the Syrian Arab Army’s 137th, 104th and 113th Brigades went on the offensive, conducting a powerful attack on the terrorist group’s positions at the Al-Haweeqa, Al-Rusafa, Al-Rashidiyah, Al-Husseiniyeh, Al-Jubeileh, Al-Kanamat, and Sheikh Yasseen Quarters of the provincial capital.