The Syrian army and its allies engaged in Tough battle in Sanisel front in Northern Homs.

Meantime, the Syrian fighter jets hit hard the terrorists' military positions in al-Rastan region in Northern Homs.

In a relevant development on Thursday, field sources in Palmyra reported heavy clashes between the Syrian army and the ISIL terrorists near Arak oil field, the Eastern parts of al-Sawwama region, silos and the hills of Northeastern Palmyra in Homs province.

"The army and its allies targeted the ISIL terrorists' positions and gathering centers in Palmyra by artillery fire and airstrikes which killed several non-Syrian ISIL members and destroyed tens of military vehicles, some of them equipped with machine guns and other equipment," the sources said on Thursday.

The Syrian and Russian warplanes in a series of attacks targeted the ISIL supply routes near al-Sakhanah region, al-Sha'er oilfield, al-Mahasa, Habra Sharqiyeh and Habra Gharbiyeh and the Eastern parts of Palmyra, they added.

Also the Syrian air force launched airstrikes against the terrorists' positions in Talbiseh city in the Northern parts of Homs which inflicted damages on their weapons and equipment, the sources said; FNA reported.

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