(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces took an oil-rich ground from ISIS along the Iraqi border near the town of Albu Kamal, the Kurdish-led alliance said on Sunday.
The YPG-led forces are now 9 km (6 miles) far from Albu Kamal, such a progress may spark a battle with the Assad forces, local activists said.
The SDF fighters have advanced near al-Tanak oilfield, seeking to blockade the scattred ISIS fighters in al-Ishara, Sheitat towns.
The SDF and the Syrian regime forces backed by Shiite militias have launched parallel campaigns against the Islamic State in eastern Deir Ezzor province since May.
At least 10 displaced people, including women and children, have been killed in Russian airstrikes on the refugee camp of Sweihit al-Rifai, topping the death toll to 33 in the past 48 hours, local media unit said on Saturday.
Furat Post news site said 60 more people were also wounded in the camp as most of displaced have fled the camp after three days of heavy bombing.
8 people, including two women, were killed on Friday when the Russian warplanes pounded Hasarat crossing at Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.
Five more people, including 3 women and a child girl, were killed in al-Jerthi and Abu Hardoub villages east of al-Mayadeen city, journalist Suhaib al-Jaber told Zaman al-Wasl.
The regime forces and allied militias on Thursday took al-Quriya town, one of last ISIS strongholds in eastern Syria.
ISIS fighters fled to al-Ishara town in the eastern bank of Euphrates River.
Six Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers hit Daesh (ISIS) targets in Syria's Deir al-Zor province Sunday, Russian news agencies cited Russia's Defense Ministry as saying.
The bombers that flew from an airfield in Russia hit "terrorist strongholds" in the valley of the Euphrates river, the agencies reported.
The regime forces seek to uproot ISIS from its last pockets in Deir Ezzor after the capture of Albu Kamal town which has changed hands several times.
A string of territorial defeats across northern and eastern Syria had left Albu Kamal as the last significant Syrian town held by ISIS.
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