(Agence France-Presse) Jihadists from the Islamic State group seized part of the key regime air base at Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria in fierce fighting on Saturday, a monitoring group said.
“IS mounted a dawn attack on Deir Ezzor military airport and entered several areas as fierce clashes unfolded between the jihadists and regime forces there,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The assault began with a suicide bomber targeting the main gate, followed by an artillery bombardment, the Britain-based group said.
Jihadist fighters managed to seize a missile facility in the southeast of the complex, it added.
