After controlling Thiban, the regime forces reach the largest oilfield in Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities were able to control the entire town of Thiban, located on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River a few kilometers away from al-Omar oilfield, which is the largest oilfield in Syria, this comes after violent clashes against the “Islamic State” organization accompanied by intense and violent shelling, and the clashes now are moved to the outskirts of al-Omar oilfield, the largest oilfield in Syria.
It worth mentioning that the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that violent clashes are taking place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against the members of the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the clashes between the both parties which are taking place in the vicinity of Thiban town on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, at a distance of several kilometers away from Al-Omar oil field which is the biggest oil field in Syria, and the clashes are accompanied by intensive shelling by the regime forces on the clash areas in an attempt to take the control of Thiban town, and information about casualties in the ranks of the both parties, and the sources confirmed that the crossing took place through water bridges between the western and the eastern banks of the Euphrates River.
And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday, that the Grand Battle of Deir Ezzor approaches to complete its 40th day, which started by lifting the siege on the controlled areas of the regime forces in Deir Ezzor city, in the 10th of September 2017, and the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities involve in violent battles, whose pace increases with every new attack towards the controlled areas of the organization, and the regime forces managed during this battle during and under a command of Russian forces to impose their control over the biggest area in Deir Ezzor province and expel the organization.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored during this continuous battle that the regime forces managed to recover tens of cities, towns, villages, farms and areas, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented that the regime forces recovered 52 villages, towns and cities at least, the biggest is Al-Mayadin city, in the eastern and the north- western countryside of Deir Ezzor, its western desert, and the eastern banks of the Euphrates River opposite Deir Ezzor city, and the regime forces managed to end the presence of ISIS from the administrative border of Al-Raqqah, to Al-Mayadin desert in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and the north-western countryside of Deir Ezzor with the parts extended from Deir Ezzor city to Al-Mayadin area in the eastern countryside, as well as the area extended from the banks opposite Deir Ezzor Military Airbase to the banks opposite the city, became free of ISIS, and the most important of these areas are Al-Mayadin, Beqres, Muhasan, Al-Bomar, Al-Boleel, Al-Shawla, Kabajib, Marrat, Mazlum, Hatla, Al-Kharita, Al-Tabani, Ma’dan, Attiq, Al-Tareeq, Al-Shmaytiyyah, Ayyash, Al-Mery’iyyah and Al-Jafrah.
This wide advancement by the regime forces also enabled them to besiege the organization inside a number of areas that are still controlled by it in Deir Ezzor city, while it helped in widen the scope of the regime’s control over the banks of the Euphrates River greatly, in which the area controlled by the regime forces on the banks of the Euphrates River has increased from 2 km before the arrival of the regime forces to Deir Ezzor city, and lifting the siege which was carried out on 3 stages the first was to lift the siege on the Brigade 137, then lifting the siege of Deir Ezzor Military Airport and the bloc of neighborhoods related to it, and the third stage was to reach the western entrance of Deir Ezzor city at the area of Panorama area after taking the control of Damascus – Deir Ezzor road, to about 150 km inside Deir Ezzor province.