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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Deir Ezzor: Map Update: US-backed forces advance against ISIS in eastern Syria
2018-09-26
[AlMasdar] A US-backed Syrian rebel group continues to grab more territories from the 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) in eastern Syria amid fierce resistance from the jihadi Death Eaters.

The Syrian Democratic Forces managed today to capture Shajilah town located north of Baghuz Foukani own, which had been secured last week.

The recent advance ‐ heavily backed by US coalition Arclight airstrikes ‐ was achieved following fierce battles which lasted 3 days, according to SDF sources.

The same sources added that dozens of ISIS gunnies were killed in the process, as well as large quantities of weapons and ammunition seized.

Currently, the US sappers are helping the Kurdish forces demining the IEDs and landmines planted by the terror group inside and outside the town.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  I think a Syrian Army garrison still exists in Hasaka, deep within the Kurdish enclave.
Posted by: Snakes Peacock6563   2018-09-26 08:42  

#1  I wonder. Is it US policy to expunge the presence of ISIS AND Assad forces east of the Euphrates?
Posted by: Hupusing Claitch6798   2018-09-26 07:58  

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