The Syrian Arab Air Force (SAAF) carried out a series of powerful airstrikes above the Al-Raqqa Governorate on Saturday morning, killing several terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) in the process.



AhlulBayt News Agency - The Syrian Arab Air Force (SAAF) carried out a series of powerful airstrikes above the Al-Raqqa Governorate on Saturday morning, killing several terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) in the process.



Among the many ISIS casualties caused by the Syrian Air Force on Saturday, the terrorist group’s Libyan field commander “Abu Mujahid Al-Leebi” was reportedly included in the death toll.



Not much was known abou Abu Mujahid Al-Leebi other than the fact he was also called “Wali Al-Raqqa” by his fellow terrorists.



Recently, the Russian and Syrian air forces have stepped up their airstrikes in order to obstruct ISIS from freely moving around the Syrian countryside; this has caused great damage to the terrorist group.



Meanwhile the Syrian Arab Army’s 104th Airborne Brigade of the Republican Guard – backed by the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Shaytat Tribesmen – advanced south from the Thayyem Oil Fields towards the strategic town of Mohassan after a successful military campaign in March.



On Friday, the Republican Guard forces reported that 30+ fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) were killed along the Deir Ezzor-Mayadeen Highway that flows through several densely populated areas in the Deir Ezzor Governorate.



The liberation of the Thayyem Oil Fields last month has given the Syrian Arab Army a large presence along the Deir Ezzor-Mayadeen Highway, which was once used by ISIS to transport their oil reserves to the Al-Raqqa Governorate.





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