Syrian army at edge of IS-held Deir Ezzor: monitor

Syrian government soldiers and allied fighters have advanced to the edge of a government enclave besieged by the Islamic State group in the country's east, a monitoring group said Sunday.Syria's army, backed by Russian military support, has been advancing towards the city of Deir Ezzor on several fronts for weeks.Late Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government soldiers had arrived at the Brigade 137 base on the city's edge and were battling to break the IS siege of the facil