The Syrian army reported Monday that it had retaken a large residential section in the city of Hasaka from ISIS.
The report comes after the Islamic militants seized Hasaka last Thursday in an assault that drove thousands of residents out of the city, Reuters reported.
A newsflash report from Syrian state television confirmed that the army had "cleansed" Nashwa, a district on the southern part of Hasaka, of ISIS soldiers, according to Voice of America.
A source from the Syrian army said Monday that the militants used suicide bombers to blow up two trucks in Ghwyran district and fired on petroleum storage tanks and a textile factory, which erupted in flames.
"Fire erupted at the [textile] plant and a number of storage tanks," the army source said.
ISIS reportedly focused its attacks around a mosque in the district, hoping to capture major government centers in Hasaka. The assault resulted in casualties from the Syrian army, although the source did not give specific details.
ISIS claimed its fighters had advanced to other locations in Hasaka, attacking Ghwyran checkpoints using suicide bombers, according to Voice of America.
Meanwhile, Syrian armies continue to battle against ISIS in Aziziya, resulting in heavy casualties and the destruction of several Syrian army bases.
"The Islamic State has gradually extended their control over the city and are killing civilians, including children and old women," a source said, according to the Kurdish media network Rudaw.
The unnamed source said the fighting has intensified and that "some people of the Arab-inhabited neighborhoods" have sided with ISIS in the battle, leaving Hasaka under heavy attack, Rudaw reported.
