(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Sunday have taken the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor province after fierce battles with ISIS, the SDF’s media centre said.
The YPG-led forces said it will set up local councils in the liberated areas saying the newly captured territory in the Euphrates Valley will be a part of Democratic Syria.
The alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias, have pushed Islamic State from much of the country’s north and east. The borders of ISIS has shrinked in Syria and Iraq to be a small pockets after fall of Raqqa, the de facto capital, Deir Ezzor and Albu Kamal.
Over the weekend, The SDF advanced in al-Sheitat region in the eastern countryside, killing 17 ISIS fighters.
Hundreds of fighters from al-Sheitat tribe have joined the SDF since February 2016 to liberate their areas.
Al-Sheitat tribe that based had revolted against the ISIS rule in July 2014. The Islamic State crushed the revolt in three days, killing, beheading and crucifying members of the tribe.
Around 900 people were estimated to have been killed in the bloodiest single atrocity committed by ISIS in Syria, according to the IBTimes.
The monitoring groups said about 2000 tribesmen were killed by ISIS and buried in mass graves.
In northeastern Hasaka province, the SDF reached a one-month truce with ISIS in villages along the Iraqi border in Hasaka province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl on Friday.
The truce has halted the last phase of the SDF campaign to uproot the militants from remaining pockets in Hasaka.
According to a military source, big numbers of ISIS fighters are seeking to reach a reconciliation deal may avoid more bloodshed.
The four-point truce stated that all ground and aerial offensive to be ceased. As well to open the ISIS-held crossings for goods and aid securing. ISIS fighters who need treatment can also cross through the Kurdish-held areas in Hasaka.
On November 8, the SDF took Markada town, last ISIS stronghold in the southern countryside of Hasaka.
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