Islamic State shoots down Syrian regime helicopter in Deir Ezzor
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Deir Ezzor (Syria News) Local sources informed that the self-proclaimed Islamic State militants shot down, on Monday, a helicopter belonging to the Syrian regime, in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, Qasioun News reported.
The sources revealed that the Islamic State shot down a Syrian regime helicopter in the town of Shamitia, near the Euphrates bank, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.
Meanwhile, Syrian forces managed to cross the Euphrates River and reach the eastern bank, backed by a Russian aerial cover, while captured several military locations in the villages of Marat, Khasham and Mazlum, north of the Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.