Off the wire
• Profile: King Mohammed VI of Morocco  • Brunei to hold national economic census this month  • Chinese property outlook stable, but pressure remains: Moody's  • President Xi stresses innovation to bolster economy  • Farm produce prices fall for fifth straight week  • Weather forecast for world cities -- May 10  • EU pledges support for stabilization of Somalia  • Weather forecast for major Chinese cities, regions -- May 10  • Southern African broadcasters launches news service link  • Kenya says hunt for Al-Shabaab in vast forest on course  
You are here: 　 Home

Intense battles rage around airbase in Syria's Homs

Xinhua, May 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Intense battles raged on Tuesday between the Syrian army and the Islamic State (IS) militants around an airbase in the central province of Homs, near the ancient city of Palmyra, a monitor group reported.

The battles around the T4 airbase were coupled with airstrikes on the IS fighters who were trying to advance in that area in the eastern countryside of Homs, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The UK-based watchdog group said the IS managed to take control of an abandoned military outpost near the airfield.

Meanwhile, the IS news agency, Amaq, said that the IS militants killed 20 Syrian soldiers, including two officers, during the battles in the vicinity of T4.

Syria's state-run SANA news agency said the Syrian air force struck several IS positions in the countryside of the ancient city of Palmyra, which the Syrian forces recaptured last March after falling to the IS in May of 2015. Endit