国际英语新闻:German IS fighter killed during clashes in Syria

DAMASCUS, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- A German fighter from the Islamic State (IS) militant group was killed Saturday during clashes with the Syrian troops in the country's eastern province of Deir al- Zour, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.

The German IS fighter, known as Abu Muhammad al-Almani, was killed during his group's clashes with the Syrian troops at the al- Sina'a neighborhood in the oil-rich province of Deir al-Zour, said SANA, adding that many other IS fighters, most of whom are foreigners, were also killed in the clashes.

In the town of Hwaijat Sakr in Deir al-Zour, a Syrian army unit killed undisclosed IS fighters, including Libyans, according to SANA.

The Syrian troops also killed foreign rebels in the eastern countryside of the capital Damascus on Saturday, including Jordanians, Tunisians and Egyptians, SANA reported, adding that the Syrian troops continued on Saturday its attacks against the positions of the "terrorist" groups across Syria.

The Syrian government has for long complained of the flow of foreign jihadists into Syria, accusing neighboring countries of facilitating the flow of such radical fighters into the war-torn country.

Meanwhile, the oppositional Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday that the Syrian air force carried out around 533 airstrikes against several Syrian cities in recent days.

The Syrian war jets carried out 27 airstrikes on Saturday alone against the rebel-held areas in the eastern countryside of Damascus, the outskirts of Deir al-Zour, the southern province of Qunaitera and areas in the central province of Hama and the northwestern province of Idlib, according to the Observatory.

It said tens of people, including women and children, were killed as a result of the days-long intensive airstrikes.

Syria's crisis has been dragging on for over three years with no sign of tapering off. The long-running conflict has killed over 190,000 people and displaced millions of others.