Russian MoD Says Deir ez-Zor is Syrian Army's most important victory

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that the Syrian army assisted by Russian military aviation has dealt a blow to Daesh terrorist group in the center and east of the war-torn country, Sputnik reports.

"Over the past two weeks, the Syrian government troops with the support of the Russian Aerospace Forces have achieved important advances and dealt a decisive blow to Daesh terrorists in Syria's east and center," the chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy, said.

He said that the the lifting of Deir ez-Zor's siege by the Syrian government forces is the most important victory of Damascus.