Die Rebellen erobern weitere Gebiete im Osten Syriens

Syrian rebel forces announced last night that they have captured and gained control of the city of Deir ez-Zor, located in eastern Syria west of the Euphrates River. The Kurds, organized under the “Syrian Democratic Forces,” retreated from the city towards the nearby villages.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that the forces operating in Deir ez-Zor and who captured it from the Kurds do not belong to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham but are Iranian militias.

Additionally, it was reported that the Syrian opposition forces have taken control of the cities of Al-Mayadeen and Al-Bukamal and the rural area west of the Euphrates River along the Syria-Iraq border.

It’s worth emphasizing that the members of the “Syrian Democratic Forces” are fully supported by the United States. At the same time, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, said that his forces reached a ceasefire agreement with the Syrian opposition forces supported by Turkey in the city of Manbij in the northeast of the country near the border with Turkey.

According to the reports, the agreement was reached with American mediation, in order to “preserve the security and safety of civilians.”