New clashes erupted in Deir Ezour, eastern Syria, between the opposition militant groups and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after a two-week stop, a monitor said Tuesday.

New clashes erupted in Deir Ezour, eastern Syria, between the opposition militant groups and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)  after a two-week stop, a monitor said Tuesday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday night's fighting broke out when ISIL tried to push an advance carried out by al-Nusra Front and other militant groups  in the village of Basira, located in the east of Deir Ezzor province close to Iraq.