The air defense systems of the army of the Arab Republic successfully repelled a blow, at one of the military airfields in Homs province. This was reported by a military source. According to him, the new aggression coincided with the continuing defeats of terrorist organizations in front of the Syrian army, which completed the cleaning of the surroundings of Damascus, SANA reports.. The United States and its allies in the international coalition against the "Islamic State" (IG, banned in Russia), strikes on the airfield in the province of Homs did not cause, the RIA Novosti news agency reported in the press service of the Pentagon. And added that their operations "are concentrated on the eastern side of the Euphrates River, and not in the western parts of Syria". The Syrian army repulsed the IG attack in the region of Mejadin.

The commander of the detachment NDF (National Defense Forces) Nazar al-Khafran and 50 soldiers were captured by terrorists of the "Islamic state". Operation in the Badia desert will continue, according to a military source of RIA FAN in Syria Ahmad Marzuk. Earlier, on Thursday, May 24, information was received that the Air Force coalition led by the United States attacked the position of the army of the Arab Republic in the province of Deir ez Zor. And it was refuted by the command of the United States and its allies.