The Syrian army’s air force on Thursday conducted a series of sorties targeted ISIL positions and vehicles in several provinces, inflicting heavy losses upon them in personnel and weaponry.

The Syrian army’s air force on Thursday conducted a series of sorties targeted ISIL positions and vehicles in several provinces, inflicting heavy losses upon them in personnel and weaponry.

Deir Ezzor

In Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian air force destroyed vehicles, some equipped with machineguns, and two positions for ISIL terrorists in the villages of al-Murieya and al-Jaffra in the eastern countryside of the province, a military source told SANA.

Meanwhile, the Syrian air force raided positions and gatherings of ISIL in al-Tabqa airport and the southern countryside of Raqqa province.

The source added that the raids resulted in destroying vehicles and positions of the Takfiri organization as well as killing a number of its member .

Homs

The army’s air force also carried out sorties on ISIL terrorists’ dens and gatherings to the east of Homs central province.

A military source told SANA that the sorties targeted ISIL terrorists’ dens and positions to the north and east of Palmyra city and to the south of al-Sukhneh town, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their weapons and vehicles.

In a different context, around 250 Syria employees at a cement factory in al-Damir in Damascus countryside were said to be missing after ISIL terrorists attacked the area amid fears the militant group may have kidnapped them, according to Al-Manar reporter.