(MENAFN) Fighting between the Islamic State group and the Syrian army has killed more than 80 fighters and civilians since Saturday in Deir Ezzor, where the militant group has launched an assault to capture a government enclave, reports say.
In detail, at least 82 people have been killed in the fighting, which is the heaviest in the city for a year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.
The dead comprised 28 from the army and allied militia, at least 40 Islamic State fighters, and 14 civilians, the British-based monitoring group said.
Syrian state news agency SANA said the army had killed dozens of Islamic State fighters in attacks on the group's positions around Deir al-Zor.
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