BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:10 P.M.) – The long-awaited counter-offensive to liberate the ancient city of Palmyra (Tadmur) has been put on hold, despite thousands of soldiers being redeployed to this volatile front last month.
A senior officer in the Syrian Arab Army told Al-Masdar News on Wednesday that no date has been set for the counter-offensive against the Islamic State terrorists in western Palmyra, leaving a large number of soldiers immobile at the moment.
However, there has been plenty to cheer about in western Palmyra these last few day, as the Islamic State was forced to end their one month long offensive at the T-4 Military Airport after sustaining heavy casualties and little territorial gains.
In addition to their personnel losses, the Islamic State has abandoned many sites in the western countryside of Palmyra; this is due to the fact they need their reserves sent to western Al-Raqqa in order to fight off the advancing Kurdish forces.
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