Syrian and Russian jets have attackedDaesh positions inDayr al-Zawr following a US bombing which killed 62 government troops in the eastern town and allowed the Takfiri group to make gains.
Lebanon-based al-Mayadeen TV said theattacks on Monday wiped out several Daesh positions and inflicted heavy losses. Two arms depots and several oil tankers of the Takfiri group were destroyed in the airstrikes.
Daesh controls large parts of Dayr al-Zawr city as well as most of the province for which it is the capital. The terrorist group chiefly relies on oil fields in the province to fund its atrocious war in Syria.
The Syrian army has been fighting it out againstDaeshfor the control of a key military airbase there. Syrian troops came under heavy US aerial bombardment on Saturday, which Damascus says was premeditated.
Dayr al-Zawrhas been effectively under a Takfirisiege since early 2015 but the terrorists have suffered major setbacks over the past few months during which the Syrian army has liberated several areas.
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A Syrian soldier inspects the damaged al-Farafira souk in Aleppo on September 16, 2016. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]On Sunday, asenior adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Damascus believed the US airstrike in Dayr al-Zawrwas "intentional."
"None of the facts on the ground show that what happened was a mistake or a coincidence," Buthaina Shaaban told AFP.
The Pentagon has said the attack was carried out mistakenly even thoughit allowed Daesh to take over some parts of the region.
The Takfiri group said on Sunday it shot down a Syrian warplane near the city.State media confirmed a plane had been shot down and its pilot killed, but did not say who was responsible.
Russia said the airstrikes "if they, as we hope, were not taken on orders from Washington -- fall between criminal negligence and direct pandering to Daeshterrorists."
Russian counterpart Vitaly Churkincalled the strike a "bad omen" for the US-Russia deal to halt Syria's war.
On Monday, aseven-day ceasefire declaredby the Syrian army expired at midnight, with no immediateannouncement of its extension.
The "regime of calm"was announced on Sept. 12 following a ceasefire brokered by theUnited States and Russia.
The government hasaccused foreign-backed militantsofnumerous violations of the ceasefire, the second this year.
Turkish warplanes bombednorthern Syria, the Turkish military said in astatement on Monday, claiming that targets used by Daeshas shelter, ammunitionstore and military headquarters were hit in the airstrike.
By Press TV
