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Battle to break siege on Syria's Deir al-Zour imminent

ByHummamSheikhAliTheblackflagoftheIslamicState(IS)groupisallthatisleftinthestrategiccityofAl-SukhnahincentralSyria,aftertheSyrianarmyandalliedfightersrecentlyto

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Syrian army pushes ISIL out of last stronghold in Homs

SyriangovernmentforcesannouncedonSaturdaythattheyhadtakenfullcontrolofthemajortowninHomsprovinceheldbyISIL.AnumberofISILmilitantshavebeenkilled,andtheirweaponsa

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U.S.-led airstrikes kill 60 civilians in Syria's Deir al-Zour

Atleast60civilianshavebeenkilledasaresultofU.S.-ledairstrikesonareasinSyria'seasternprovinceofDeiral-Zour,statenewsagencySANAreportedonTuesday.TheU.S.-ledcoalit

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ISIL says it shot down Syrian military jet in NE Syria

ISILclaimedonSundayithasshotdownahelicopterinDeirez-ZorDistrictinnortheasternSyria,CCTV’sXuDezhireported.ISILreleasedavideopurportedlyshowingaSyrianarmyMI-8heli

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US-led airstrike kills 40 civilians in Syria's Deir al-Zour

Over 40 civilians were killed by strikes of the US-led anti-terror coalition on the city of Bukamal in the countryside of the eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Monday, pro-government Sham FM radio reported.

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US-backed fighters advance on IS in Syria's east

An alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters seized more than a dozen villages in eastern Syria on Tuesday in their drive to encircle the Islamic State group bastion of Raqa.

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Car bomb goes off in Syria's Deir al-Zour

​A car bomb went off in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Saturday, leaving unknown losses, pro-government Sham FM radio reported.

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IS militants kidnap 400 people in Syria's Deir al-Zour

The Islamic State (IS) militant group kidnapped a total of 400 people from a town its militants had stormed in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported on Sunday.

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IS claims capture of missile battalion in Syria's Deir al-Zour

​The Islamic State (IS) militants captured a missile battalion in the military airbase of the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, the group claimed Wednesday.

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Weapon depot blast kills 25 IS militants in eastern Syria

​Powerful blast at a weapon depot in eastern Syria killed at least 25 militants with the Islamic State (IS) militant group on Wednesday, a monitor group reported.

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14 Islamic State fighters killed in Syria's Deir al-Zour

​Pro-government militants killed 14 Islamic State (IS) fighters in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Tuesday, a pro-government Syrian TV said.

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Syrian troops foil IS attack in Deir al-Zour province

​Many fighters of the Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Saturday when the Syrian troops foiled their attack against government-controlled areas in the province of Deir al-Zour, the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported.

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Mass grave with 70 bodies found in Syria's Deir al-Zour

​A mass grave with the remains of 70 people, who had been killed by the Islamic State (IS) militants at an earlier time, was uncovered Monday in the country's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, the state news agency SANA reported.

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Syrian troops kill 60 IS fighters in Deir al-Zour

The Syrian troops killed over 60 of the Islamic State (IS) militants in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Tuesday, the state news agency SANA said.

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IS attempts to advance toward Deir al-Zour's airbase: activists

​The Islamic State (IS) militants on Thursday advanced and captured parts of a strategic town in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour in a bid to reach the Syrian airbase in that oil-rich province, a monitoring group reported.

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IS executes two alleged gay men in Syria's Deir al-Zour

​The Islamic State (IS) militants stoned to death two young men in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour on charges of having "unlawful" sexual intercourse with other males, a monitoring group reported Tuesday.

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IS downs Syrian war jet over Deir al-Zour

​The Islamic State (IS) militants on Sunday downed a Syrian war jet over the country's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, the first war jet the terror group has managed to shoot down since it had captured large swathes of land in that oil-rich province, a monitoring group reported.