Syrian army counters radical Islamists' attack on Palmyra, city under full government control

10.12.2016, Palmyra.

ISIL (Organization banned in Russia) attacks on Palmyra are repelled, the enemy falls back, Syrian government military-information forces informed on December 10, TASS news agency reported citing Lebanese Al-Mayadeen TV channel.

Fierce combat continues 10 km south of the city, in the area of wheat silos.

Earlier today ISIL (Organization banned in Russia) terrorists attacked Palmyra from several directions. A number of Western news agencies reported that militants captured most of Palmyra. Soon after this a source in Syrian military informed that Palmyra is under government control, fighting took place on the outskirts of the city.

 

Source: Rossa Primavera

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