Syrian warplane lands at Deir Ezzor airbase for first time in one year
YemenExtra
M.A.
A Syrian Arab Air Force fighter jet has landed at the Deir Ezzor military airport. The event happens to be the first time in one year that Syrian combat aviation has been capable of landing at the strategic airbase.
Military sources have stated that a Syrian warplane landed at the Deir Ezzor military airport for the first time in over a year.
Thirteen months ago, brutal US airstrikes against Syrian Army positions on Thardeh Mountain (Jabal Thardeh) forced government troops to abandon the imperative high-ground which overlooks the Deir Ezzor airbase, de facto ceding it to ISIS.
Daesh militants set up artillery on Thardeh and used it to shell the Deir Ezzor airbase. Under these conditions, the Syrian Arab Air Force forbade its pilots to land at the military site.
However, around one month ago the Syrian Army regained Thardeh Mountain from ISIS as part of a wider offensive in Deir Ezzor and since re-securing the military airport from artillery attacks is now once again allowing combat aviation to land at it.