The RIA Novosti news Agency reported contact with its correspondent under mortar attack in Syria.
The incident occurred near the southern entrance of Deir ez-Zor. Shell fragments damaged the car, next to which stood the journalist (his name is not called). He was not injured. Victims among the military and civilians.
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On 21 September it was reported that Deir-ez-Zor 85 percent came under the control of Syrian government forces. The Russian defense Ministry said that during the week the city will be liberated from the militants completely.
In the beginning of the month the troops broke through the blockade of the city, which for three years was under the control of a grouping “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia).
The opposition to President Bashar al-Assad and seek his overthrow of the rebels began in 2011. The conflict escalated into full-scale civil war, which strengthened the terrorist organization, including Islamic state.