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Syria War: Syrian Army Helmet Cam GoPro Combat - Heavy Clashes With ISIS During Combat In Abu Kamal

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Video released by the Syrian Army shows Syrian Army helmet cam GoPro combat footage during heavy clashes between the Syrian Army and ISIS during combat in the battle for Abu Kamal, Syria. The scenes feature intense close urban combat showing the Syrian army advancing in heavy firefights during street to street battles and house to house fighting in order to clear the city from ISIS presence. According to Syrian media the Syrian army raids were successful and Syrian government tropps and its allies were able to liberate the town. bu Kamal or Al-Bukamal is a city on the Euphrates river in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate of eastern Syria near the border with Iraq. It is the administrative centre of the Abu Kamal District and the local subdistrict (Abu Kamal Subdistrict). Just to the south-east is the Al-Qa\'im border crossing to the town of Husaybah in the Al-Qa\'im District of Iraq\'s Al Anbar Governorate. Owing to its distance from the frontline, the town would see little fighting between its capture by ISIL in 2014 and ISIL\'s retreat in 2017. During the lull in conflict, the town was the target of a failed opposition attack by the US-backed New Syrian Army in June 2016; the offensive lasted only a day and led to a total reversal of New Syrian Army advances to Abu Kamal. On October 14, 2017 the Syrian Arab Army took the city of Mayadin, located 80 kilometers from Abu Kamal. After that Abu Kamal was the only large city that remained under control of ISIS. On October 25, the road Al Qaim – Abu Kamal – Mayadin – Deir ez-Zor was blocked after a series of airstrikes conducted by...