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"Unfortunately, we don't have the confirmed number," a mission representative confirmed in a statement to RT, while not specifying the nationalities of the persons killed or injured. "We do know that all of the wounded have arrived at a coalition medical facility and are receiving treatment."
Led by the 5th Corps and 18th Tank Division, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the western outskirts of Al-Sukhnah this morning, while receiving heavy air support from their Russian allies.It is not clear exactly what "the city gates" of Al-Sukhnah means exactly. However Al-Sukhnah is an old city with an Ottoman fort, which before the fall of the Ottoman empire used to house an Ottoman garrison. One way of reading this Al-Masdar report is that the Syrian army has successfully stormed the the town's western suburbs but that ISIS is holding out in this fort.
According to a military source in Palmyra, the Syrian Arab Army is steadily advancing on the Islamic State stronghold, leaving only 700 meters between their front-lines and the city's gates.
Despite the recent gains, the Syrian Army has been struggling to break the Islamic State's main line of defense west of Al-Sukhnah, as the terrorist group uses the rough terrain to their advantage.
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