30 regime fighters, jihadists dead in IS assault in east Syria: monitor - AFP

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30 regime fighters, jihadists dead in IS assault in east Syria: monitor

Beirut: The Islamic State group launched a ferocious assault on Saturday on a city in eastern Syria, leaving more than 30 jihadists and regime fighters dead, a monitoring group said.

At least 12 members of government forces and 20 IS militants were among the dead in the IS attack on regime positions in Deir Ezzor, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Both the Observatory and Syrian state news agency SANA said two civilians were also killed in IS rocket fire on government-controlled zones in the city.

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