Συρία 16 8 2018 Τουρκία & Ρωσσία συζητούν για το Ιντλίμπ, ενώ ισλαμιστές απειλούν τον Λαβρώφ

SYRIAN WAR REPORT – AUGUST 16, 2018: MILITANT PROPAGANDA GOES WILD AHEAD OF BATTLE FOR IDLIB On August 15, ISIS attacked several positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies in the southern part of the al-Taim oil field in the province of Deir Ezzor. According to pro-opposition sources, the following clashes resulted in minor casualties among the both sides but the terrorist group’s members were forced to retreat causing almost no damage to the government’s infrastructure in al-Taim. In July and August, ISIS units carried several attacks on SAA positions in the Homs-Deir Ezzor desert. According to local sources, these attacks are an attempt to draw the SAA attention from ISIS cells hiding in the desert area at the administrative borders between the provinces of al-Suwayda and Rif Damashq. The estimated manpower of the ISIS units operating in the Homs-Deir Ezzor desert, and according to some sources in the US zone of responsibility near the At-Tanf garrison, is about 1,000 members. Abu al-Fath al-