The Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) stormed the mountains overlooking Deir Ezzor City, breaching parts of the Syrian Arab Army’s 104th Brigade’s defenses before retreating east after sustaining heavy losses among their fighters. ISIS social media accounts stated that they captured the mountains and killed dozens of SAA in the process; however, after contacting a military source in Deir Ezzor, Al-Masdar News can confirm that ISIS has not captured the mountains. The source added that ISIS has repeatedly tried to infiltrate, but have had little success.

Brigadier General Issam Zahreddine of the 104th Brigade of the Syrian Arab Army’s Republican Guard was pictured addressing his men on Sakr Island (Haweeja Sakr) following a successful raid on an ISIS hideout. General Zahreddine is in the trenches with his men, boosting their morale by fighting side-by-side with them as they attempt to break the ISIS siege.

ISIS has suffered heavy casualties in the last 2 days of their siege – they have lost over 100 fighters on the ground and continue to lose more as the battle intensifies. Al-Masdar News has recorded the identified ISIS fighters killed over the last 2 days and will continue to provide updates from the battle.

The U.S. Air Force has reportedly bombarded ISIS positions at the Al-Jafra Oil Fields in east Deir Ezzor, along with multiple sites in the districts of Al-Mayadeen and Abu Kamal. Military sources from the Syrian Army have confirmed a number of U.S. air raids on the outskirts of Deir Ezzor City, resulting in the destruction of an ISIS weapons depot.

The identified ISIS fighters reportedly killed at the Deir Ezzor Military Airport:

1. Amjad Habeeb

2. Ghassan Yasseen Al-Halaal

3. Khaled Al-Maza’al

4. ‘Abdel-Lateef Al-‘Abdullah

5. ‘Abdel-Qader Yousif Al-Mustafa

6. Ayman Hamaadi Al-Mahouss

7. Rami Hussein Al-Hassan

8. Wa’el Al-Hussein Al-Khalif

9. Ahmad Jihaad Al-Yasseen

10. ‘Abdel-Had Mohammad Al-Shalaash

11. ‘Abdel-‘Aziz Al-Faraaj Al-Hindi

12. ‘Abdel-Qader Yousif Al-Mustafa

13. Hamza Ziad Al-Moussa

14. ‘Abdullah Al-Younis

15. ‘Abdel-Haqq Al-‘Osmaan

16. ‘Aboud Al-Mohammad Al-‘Abid Al-‘Afaara

17. Mohammad ‘Issa Al-Jaloud

18. ‘Abdel-Majeed Ahmad Al-Hashtar

19. Faysal Ghazi Al-‘Ameer

20. Ahmad Mohammad Al-Moussa

21. Qassim Moussa Al-Jaloud

22. Ammaar Ahmad Al-Hamid

23. Ibn Yasseen Al-‘Ajraawi

24. ‘Abdullah Al-Hamid Al-Ali Al-Wareedi

25. Hamza Mohammad Jaraah

26. Ghassan Yasseen Al-Halaal

27. Ahmad Taha’ Al-‘Arouf Badaariyya

28. Musa’ab Deiri Mashahour Al-‘Abeed

29. Rawaad ‘Awad ‘Aleiwi Al-Hamid

30. Kazem Mahmoud Al-Hamaad

31. ‘Imaad Ahmad Al-Hamid

32. ‘Abdel-Majeed Al-Hashatar

33. ‘Abdullah Al-Mohammad Al-Wareedi

34. ‘Abdullah ‘Abdel-Lateef Al-Fa’eer

35. Abu Salma Al-Leebi (Libyan)

36. ‘Ali Mustafa Al-‘Issa