Syrian Army, Hezbollah score big advance in Deir ez-ZorNovember 1, 2017 - 13:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies on Wednesday, November 1 scored another big advance in the western countryside of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Al-Masdar News reveals. Backed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah, the Syrian Arab Army continued their advance along the Deir ez-Zor-Albukamal Road, liberating at least 11km of territory east of the T-2 Pumping Station. This advance comes just 24 hours after the Syrian Army and their allies liberated 7km along the Deir ez-Zor-Albukamal Road and reached two towns east of the T-2 Station. The Syrian Arab Army and their allies launched Operation Dawn 3 earlier this week in a new bid to reach the strategic border-city of Albukamal. Albukamal is located along the Iraqi border and is considered the Islamic State’s new de facto capital in Syria. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |