(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters took ground from Iraqi Shiite militias on the Iraqi border after a surprise attack on Friday, activists told Zaman al-Wasl.
Activist Muhannad Yousef the the ISIS suicide bombers attacked three checkpoint for al-Hashd al-Sha’bi near Tel Sufouk area southeastern Hasaka province.
ISIS took ground in al-Badi area along the Iraqi border, according to Yousef.
A senior Iranian commander is reportedly killed in the attack.
In retaliation, The Iraqi army and the ‘General Mobilization’ forces pounded ISIS-held villages with mortar and artillery
The Islamic State still controls territory in the Syrian desert, also known as Badiya, that lies between three provinces, Homs, Deir Ezzor and Damascus suburbs.
Reports assure that ISIS is not losing power even with victory declarations by the Syrian regime and US-led Kurdish forces.
ISIS recaptured 6 villages from the regime forces near the Iraqi border in eastern Deir Ezzor province on Tuesday, the group's official news agency said.
The U.S.-led Syrian Democratic Forces formed a joint military center with the Iraqi army on Monday to protect their common border region after ousting Islamic State militants, Reuters reported.
Commanders of SDF, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias, met with Iraqi military leaders on Sunday. They “discussed protecting the Syrian-Iraqi border in the region adjacent to Deir Ezzor province, and how to finally eradicate Daesh mercenaries there,” the SDF said in a statement. Daesh is an Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
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