Government soldiers wounded in Syria’s west Deir ez-Zor countryside
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – On Thursday at dawn, unknown individuals said to be agents of the Islamic State (ISIS) targeted a military post of the government’s Fifth Corps in the desert of Ma’adan Atiq, in the west Deir ez-Zor countryside, wounding two members.
“Unknown individuals driving a four-wheel-drive vehicle targeted a military post of the Fifth Corps with machine guns, leaving two critically wounded in the abdomen,” Asid al-Hesaib (a pseudonym), a member of the pro-government National Defense militia, said.
The area witnessed an alert by government forces and the Fifth Corps due to the targeting.
Russian warplanes targeted the vicinity of the point with four air raids and also fired illuminating shells in the air over Ma’dan Atiq desert after the attack.
The wounded were transferred to the military hospital of the government forces in the town of al-Tebni in the western countryside of Deir ez-Zor, and then they were transferred to the city of Deir ez-Zor after their situation became critical.
This is the first targeting of government forces and their affiliated factions in the western countryside of Deir ez-Zor since mid-July, according to the source.