Activists: Islamic State Militants Attack Syrian Air Base

Syrian activists say Islamic State fighters have launched an attack on a key air base in eastern Syria. The base in Deir al-Zour province is one of the last remaining outposts the government controls in a region where the Islamic State group has largely taken over. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday the militants began the attack with a car bombing, and that 19 Syrian soldiers and seven militants have been killed in the fighting. Meanwhile, Syrian...

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