Syrian regime forces ousted the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) from a town near the border with Iraq on Monday (June 11th) after days of clashes to end a deadly incursion there, AFP reported.

On Friday, the extremists used at least 10 suicide bombers in their offensive on Albu Kamal, quickly overrunning several of its neighbourhoods, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

It was the biggest attack on the town in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor since the extremist group lost it to regime forces in November 2017, the monitor said.

On Monday, "regime forces and their allies regained control of the whole town of Albu Kamal after expelling ISIS from its northern and north-western parts", Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said.

After loyalist forces tried to surround them, the extremists fled back into Syria's vast Badiya desert, which stretches from the country's centre to the border with Iraq, he said.

Violent clashes since Friday have killed at least 48 regime forces and allied fighters, as well as 32 extremists including the 10 suicide bombers who led the initial raid.