From IS fighters attack Syrian village near Deir Ezzor, monitor says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSyrian opposition activists say Islamic State fighters have attacked an eastern village recently captured by government forces, threatening to cut the main highway that links the capital, Damascus, with the eastern city of Deir Ezzor.
The attack on al-Shola comes three weeks after Syrian troops broke a nearly three-year siege on parts of Deir Ezzor, the capital of the oil- and gas-rich province of the same name.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says al-Shola is under attack. Omar Abou Leila, of the monitoring group DeirEzzor 24, and the IS-linked Aamaq news agency says the extremists have captured the village.
The Observatory reported earlier Thursday that government forces have laid siege to IS-held neighborhoods of Deir Ezzor.
— AP
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