IS has regained control of the city of Abu Kamal. Two days ago, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on his release from militants

Update. The Russian Ministry of Defense declared "unfounded propaganda" the statements of the militants about the return of the city to the control of the "Islamic State".

The militants of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" returned the city of Abu Kemal under their control, according to the Iranian news agency Fars.

Syrian government troops that left Abu Kemal are trying to regroup for a counterattack, the report said.

On November 10, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the capture of Abu-Kemal by government troops, pointing out that this city is “the last major stronghold and center” of terrorists in Syria.

The operation to liberate Abu-Kemal, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, was carried out with the support of Russian aviation. Attacks on the positions of militants in the battles for this city, in particular, were carried out by long-range Tu-22M3 bombers flying from Russian territory.

• Abu Kemal is located on the border with Iraq, 115 kilometers southeast of Deir ez-Zor, the administrative center of the province of the same name.
• Government forces lost control of Abu Kemal in 2012 when Free Syrian Army rebels occupied the city. Since the summer of 2014, Abu Kemal has been under the control of the Islamic State.
• The operation to liberate the province of Deir ez-Zor from IS militants was launched in the fall of 2017. In early November, Syrian government forces took control of the provincial capital, the city of Deir ez-Zor, which had been under siege for three years.