The army men pushed ISIL out of al-Salehiyeh Albu Kamal, al-Jadlah and Um Saba regions in Southeastern Deir Ezzur.

The ISIL suffered heavy casualties and its military hardware sustained major damage in the attack.

A Russian media outlet reported on Sunday that the Syrian Army recently been utilizing the modern PTS-2 military tracked amphibious cargo vehicles designed to carry cargo, troops, wheeled and tracked vehicles over water or in off-road conditions in the war against ISIL near the Euphrates River in Deir Ezzur.

The Arabic-language website of Russia's state news agency, Sputnik, reported that the army that started using amphibious vehicles since mid-September to cross the Euphrates River.

It added that the PTS-2 vehicles weighing 24 tons each are capable of crossing water carrying 12 tons of equipment.

The modern Russia-made vehicles are equipped with 7.62 mm machinegun and are capable of moving at the speed of 60 km/h on land and 12.9 km/h on water.