An army unit carried out intensive operation on gatherings for ISIS terrorists in al-Bghailiye village in Deir Ezzor western countryside, re-establishing control over al-Ruwad association houses, which constitute the highest point in the village, a field source told SANA on Monday.
On Saturday, ISIS terrorists infiltrated to al-Bghailiye village and committed a massacre, claiming the lives of around 300 civilians, most of them women, children, and elderly people.
The army combed the houses and removed explosive devices and bombs planted by ISIS terrorists before being killed and their arms and weaponry destroyed.
Meanwhile, other army units destroyed positions for ISIS terrorists in the villages of al-Hissan and al-Gneineh and in the surrounding of Ayash village in Deir Ezzor western countryside and inflicted heavy losses upon the terrorists in personnel and weaponry.
In Deir Ezzor city, an army unit clashed with ISIS terrorists who infiltrated the vicinity of al-Rashediyeh neighborhood, killing and injuring many of them and forcing others to flee.