Press TV - The Daesh Takfiri group�has�attacked a group of journalists working for Iran's�Press TV network as the militants have been suffering crushing defeats at the hands of�Syrian forces in the east of the country.

Reports on Wednesday showed that the news staffs were covering an ongoing operation to liberate the flashpoint city of Dayr al-Zawr from Daesh when they were attacked by the militants.

An SNG truck belonging to�the journalists was destroyed�in the attack, which�took place in the city of Kabajev, located 30 kilometers southwest of Dayr al-Zawr.

Syrian army forces and allied fighters managed to break a nearly three-year-long siege on Dayr al-Zawr on Tuesday. The Syrian forces had been holed up in the city�s airport and some central districts since January 2015, when Daesh took control of the area and laid a siege on the city.

Dayr al-Zawr is one of Daesh's last remaining bastions in the territories straddling the border between Syria and Iraq.