Syria's army faced fierce resistance from the Islamic State group Tuesday as it battles to break a jihadist siege on the government enclave of Deir Ezzor, a local journalist and monitor said.The jihadist group has already lost more than half of its nearby bastion of Raqa to attacking US-backed forces, and the loss of Deir Ezzor city and the surrounding oil-rich province would leave it with only a handful of isolated outposts.
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Syrian army faces fierce IS resistance outside Deir Ezzor
