叙利亚武装部队表示，他们已把伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯兰国(ISIS)武装分子赶出巴尔米拉(Palmyra)，夺回了这座拥有罗马遗址的城市。这是向叙利亚和伊拉克全境的圣战分子施压的地区努力的一部分。

Under the cover of Russian air strikes, Syria’s military fought alongside foreign Shia militia fighters, including the Lebanese force Hizbollah, to retake the city in a three-week offensive that is a symbolic victory for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

在俄罗斯空中打击的掩护下，叙利亚军队与外籍的什叶派民兵武装力量（包括黎巴嫩的真主党(Hizbollah)）并肩作战，经过三周攻势夺回了巴尔米拉。这是叙利亚总统巴沙尔?阿萨德(Bashar al-Assad)的一个具有象征意义的胜利。

Syria’s army command said Palmyra would be its base to launch further operations against Isis in the oil-rich eastern province of Deir Ezzor and the northern city of Raqqa, the jihadi forces’ de facto capital.

叙利亚陆军司令部表示，巴尔米拉将成为他们对石油资源丰富的东部省份代尔祖尔(Deir Ezzor)和北部城市拉卡(Raqqa)的ISIS发起进一步攻击的基地。拉卡是圣战组织ISIS事实上的“首都”。