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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US-backed forces seize large parts of ISIS-occupied Deir Ezzor
2018-05-12
[ALMASDARNEWS] The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued their advance in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, Thursday, seizing more ground from the so-called Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS).

The Syrian Democratic Forces managed to advance a dozen kilometers in eastern Deir Ezzor, putting them within striking distance of the imperative town of Hajin.

"The distance between ISIS and us is roughly 200 meters," said Haval Bahoz, an SDF fighter was quoted as sayig.

These SDF troops are currently coordinating with the Iraqi Security Forces to clear the last remaining pockets controlled by the Islamic State.

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