DAMASCUS - Syrian state media reported early Thursday that an aerial attack by the US-led coalition had hit several military positions in the country's east, but said there were no casualties. Albu Kamal and Hmeimeh lie in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province, where Russian-backed Syrian troops and the US-led coalition have been waging separate offensives against the Islamic State group. A military source from forces allied to Syria's government said the strikes had targeted two regime military positions near a frontline with IS. And in September 2016, US-led strikes on regime military positions in the east left more than 60 Syrian troops dead. On Monday, Syrian troops and allied forces ousted IS from the last districts it held in the capital Damascus.

Source: Bangkok Post May 24, 2018 01:41 UTC