BEIRUT, Sept 10 : Jihadists of the Islamic State group edged closer to a strategic airbase in eastern Syria in heavy clashes that left 54 fighters dead, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
The extremist group, which has captured territory across Iraq and Syria, seized control late Wednesday of an army post near the regime-held military airbase outside Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.      ?AFP