With an “unannounced agreement”, ISIS withdraws from the remaining areas under its control in the northwestern countryside of Deir Ezzor, SDF starts sweeping
Several reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the “Islamic State” organization withdrew from the villages that were under its control in the area between al-Husseiniya village -which is controlled by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them- and Mhimideh village -which is controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces, these villages are: Al-Jninah, Shaqra, Ji’aa, al-Alayna, al-Hesan, Sfireh Foqani and Sfireh Tahtani east of the Euphrates River and northwest of Deir Ezzor city, the sources confirmed that the organization withdrew from these villages towards areas in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where the Syria Democratic Forces have entered several villages and started sweeping where they entered, in conjunction with completing their advancement towards the rest of the villages which are now ISIS-free, thus, the entire northwestern countryside of Deir Ezzor is free from the “Islamic State” organization.
The Sources informed the Syrian Observatory that the withdrawal took place by an unannounced agreement between the organization and the “Jazeera Storm” Operation, by securing a withdrawal corridor for the organization towards its controlled areas in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, in exchange for getting out of these villages, and with this agreement the area stretching from the north of Deir Ezzor city near the eastern banks of the Euphrates River opposite to Deir Ezzor city until Al-Raqqah administrative border, and from the administrative border of Al-Hasaka Province border near Markadah until Khrizah Desert east of Koniko field are under the control of the Syria Democratic forces, except for the villages on the Euphrates River and opposite to Deir Ezzor city and its airbase, which are controlled by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 16th of October 2017 that the regime forces have completed their control of al-Husayniyyeh village, in conjunction with achieving a new advancement and controlling al-Salhiyyeh village, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 17th of October 2017 that This wide advance has overturned the balance of control in the province, and the organization which used to control the most of Deir Ezzor province, controls now less than half of its area, in which the percentage of its controlled area reached today the 17th of October 2017, about 48.2% of the total area of Deir Ezzor province, while the regime forces advanced and became the second influential force in the province, by controlling more than the quarter of the total area of Deir Ezzor province, and the percentage of their controlled area reached 29.1% of the total area of province, while the SDF control an area of about 22.7% of the total area of Deir Ezzor province, and the violent clashes were accompanied by violent and intensive shelling by the International Coalition and the Russian as well as the regime’s warplanes and helicopters, which resulted in the destruction of the infrastructure and the damage of the properties of the citizens and public facilities, and the displacement of tens of thousands of citizens from their villages and towns and cities, towards Deir Ezzor desert, in an attempt to escape from death and murder.