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Tuesday, September 5, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Syria’s Assad congratulates army on breaking IS Deir Ezzor siege
Syrian President Bashar Assad congratulates government troops who broke a years-long Islamic State group siege on the government enclave of Deir Ezzor city, his office says.
“Today you stood side-by-side with your comrades who came to your rescue and fought the hardest battles to break the siege on the city,” Assad says in a call with the commanders of troops who had been besieged in a base in Deir Ezzor.
Syrian forces and allied fighters arrived earlier Tuesday at the Brigade 137 base on the western edge of Deir Ezzor, effectively ending a siege of more than two years on part of the city.
— AFP
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