AFP, Beirut :
Syrian troops have repelled an attack by jihadists from the Islamic State group on a key military airport in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, a monitoring group said on Sunday.
Elsewhere, rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad blew up a tunnel near an ancient mosque in the northern city of Aleppo, as loyalists tightened the noose around opposition positions in the same province.
“Troops and pro-regime militia stopped the attack that Islamic State launched on the Deir Ezzor military airport,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding both sides suffered heavy losses.
The jihadists had withdrawn to the edges of the base, a day after managing to seize a southeastern part of the complex.
The Observatory said more than 100 jihadists had been killed in fighting for the base since Wednesday when they launched a bid to take the airport.
Syrian troops have repelled an attack by jihadists from the Islamic State group on a key military airport in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, a monitoring group said on Sunday.
Elsewhere, rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad blew up a tunnel near an ancient mosque in the northern city of Aleppo, as loyalists tightened the noose around opposition positions in the same province.
“Troops and pro-regime militia stopped the attack that Islamic State launched on the Deir Ezzor military airport,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding both sides suffered heavy losses.
The jihadists had withdrawn to the edges of the base, a day after managing to seize a southeastern part of the complex.
The Observatory said more than 100 jihadists had been killed in fighting for the base since Wednesday when they launched a bid to take the airport.
