Syrian government forces regain control of their positions in eastern Homs

North-Press Agency

On Friday, the Syrian government forces regained control of all the positions that they lost yesterday in the eastern countryside of Homs, amid continued aerial bombardment by Syrian and Russian warplanes on the positions of the Islamic State groups (ISIS).

The Syrian government forces were able to regain control of all of their positions in the town of al-Sukhnah in the eastern countryside of Homs, in the middle of the Syrian desert (Badia), that were captured yesterday by ISIS militants.

Clashes are continuing between the Syrian government forces and ISIS elements in the outskirts of Badia al-Sukhnah, in conjunction with mutual shelling.

Whereas, the Russian and Syrian warplanes continue to bombard positions of ISIS in the area.

The number of killed and wounded has increased since yesterday Thursday to 32 members of the government forces, and 26 members of the Islamic State, in addition to dozens of wounded from both sides, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Syrian government forces sent military reinforcements to their positions in al-Sukhnah, its outskirts, and the Third Station, accompanied by Russian support, in order to fortify their positions on the Homs-Deir ez-Zor road in the Syrian Badia.
 

Yesterday, ISIS militants attacked the positions of the Syrian government forces in the eastern countryside of Homs governorate, where violent clashes and mutual shelling took place between the two sides, during which the terrorist group's militants took control of several areas in al-Sukhnah, in the eastern countryside of Homs.