Ten militants of the so-called ’Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group were killed in the operation carried out by Syrian army and national defense forces after infiltrating into their sites.

Ten militants of the so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) terrorist group were killed in the operation carried out by Syrian army and national defense forces after infiltrating into their sites in the village of Jufrah, near the military airport of Deir Ezzor, Al-Manar TV reported Monday.

Moreover, the army has controlled the area stretching one kilometer square towards the eastern side of the vicinity of Deir Ezzor military airport, in a move that aims at expanding the safe area of airport, while inflicting heavy losses upon ISIL militants.

Pro-armed groups websites admitted that the army soldiers deceived ISIL gunmen in perimeter of Deir Ezzor airport, and swept into one of their positions killing more than 14 terrorists, after playing a trick on them by wearing Afghan uniforms.

Syria was hit by a violent unrest since mid-March 2011, where the western media reports accuse countries, mainly the USA, Turkey and Saudi Arabia of orchestrating the civil conflict in the country and providing terrorist groups with money, weapons and trained mercenaries.

On May 2011, Syrian army launched a wide-scale operation against armed groups and gunmen operating in the country, who started to escape the army blows and infiltrate illegally to Lebanon.