IS back in control of important gas field

- The terrorist organization Islamic State was largely back the boss in Al-Schair, an important area for gas production in Syria. There were heavy fighting in the area east of the city of Homs in advance.

IS controls, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, now more than half of the gas field. The pro-government news agency Al-Masdar reported that IS has occupied three wells.

The extremists captured in July 2014 even briefly the area. The battle left about three hundred supporters of President Bashar al-Assad life. The government army in the autumn hit successfully returned. The gas were then severely damaged.