The Syrian troops on Saturday recaptured a key natural gas field after intense battles with the militant group calling itself the Islamic State (IS) in the eastern part of Syria’s central Homs province, the Syrian army’s general command said in a statement.
The Syrian army, backed by the pro-government National Defense Forces, succeeded on Saturday in taking back the al-Shaer gas field after a “precise and qualitative” operation, during which the government troops eliminated large numbers of armed ” terrorists,” affiliated with the IS, said the statement.
The bomb squads are currently dismantling mines and explosive devices the IS fighters had planted in that area, added the statement.