Russian and Syrian jets hit ISIS in Dayr al-Zawr

Russian and Syrian planes have attacked ISIS positions in Dayr al-Zawr following a US bombing which killed 62 government troops in the eastern town and allowed the Takfiri group to make gains.

Lebanon-based al-Mayadeen TV said the attacks on Monday wiped out several ISIS positions and inflicted heavy losses. Two arms depots and several oil tankers of the terrorist group were destroyed in the airstrikes.

ISIS controls large parts of Dayr al-Zawr city as well as most of the province for which it is the capital. The terrorist group chiefly relies on oil fields in the province to fund its atrocious war in Syria.  

The Syrian army has been fighting it out against ISIS for the control of a key military airbase there. Syrian troops came under heavy US aerial bombardment on Saturday, which Damascus says was premeditated.

Dayr al-Zawr has been effectively under a Takfiri siege since early 2015 but the terrorists have suffered major setbacks over the past few months during which the Syrian army has liberated several areas.

On Sunday, a senior adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Damascus believed the US airstrike in Dayr al-Zawr was "intentional."

"None of the facts on the ground show that what happened was a mistake or a coincidence," Buthaina Shaaban told AFP.

The Pentagon has said the attack was carried out mistakenly even though it allowed ISIS to take over some parts of the region.