ISIS has entered Palmyra. There are street battles in the city
Extremely alarming news is coming from the Syrian city of Palmyra, liberated from ISIS terrorists six months ago.
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Currently, according to a number of pro-government sources, the city is on the verge of surrender
Thus, the Arab agency Al-Masdar, which supports Bashar al-Assad пишетthat the city is “on the verge of being captured by ISIS.”
At the same time, pockets of resistance remain in Palmyra, which are being provided by units of the Syrian Tiger special forces.
“In fact, special forces are currently covering the evacuation of the civilian population, after which they will withdraw themselves,” notes Al-Masdar.
At the same time, the agency's editor, Leis Fadel, tweeted пишетthat the city has fallen.
Also, a number of sources point to extremely unfavorable weather conditions, in particular a sandstorm, which complicates air support from the Russian Aerospace Forces.
However, there are reports that Russian helicopters are currently conducting strikes against ISIS in Palmyra.
Some sources do not rule out that the ISIS attack was coordinated with the jihadists suffering defeat in Aleppo.
According to recent reports, ISIS has begun to retreat to the outskirts of Palmyra under attacks from the Aerospace Forces.
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