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Clashes have been reported between Daesh terrorist group and the Syrian regime supported by Iran-backed groups in oil-rich Deir ez-Zor region, according to local sources, Anadolu reports.
The regime elements stationed in the region targeted the positions of Daesh with artillery in the Mayadin district, west of Deir ez-Zor.
The terror group, which lost its positions in Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor in Syria, has been dispersed to the desert region east of Humus and west of Deir ez-Zor.
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