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France brokers evacuation deal for Daesh in eastern Syria

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The newly-deployed French forces in northeastern Syria have been brokering an evacuation deal with Daesh fighters to leave last pockets in Deir Ezzor to Hasaka province, activists told Zaman al-Wasl Monday.

The ongoing negotiations came as the U.S.-led coalition and allied Kurdish-led forces wage major offensive to wipe out ISIS from last strongholds in Syria.

Activist Mohamed al-Khalaf said French army officers and Daesh commanders agreed to free 5000 civilians who have been detained by ISIS for years. In return, France will secure and facilitate the retreat of Deash from the towns of al-Hajeen, Albu Hasan, Sha'fah, al-Sousa and al-Baghouz to the areas Tel al-Jayyer and Abu Hamdha in the Hasaka countryside.

Last Tuesday, the United States and partner countries launched operations to liberate what it said were the final Daesh (ISIS) strongholds in Syria, the State Department said in a statement.

The United States will also work with Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon to secure their borders from Daesh, and will seek further contributions from regional partners and allies to stabilize liberated territories, Reuters reported.

620 women and children held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)will also be freed according to the deal.
  
A local radio run by the SDF said the US-led coalition arrested a French jihadist with his family while they were fleeing to Iraq this week.

The Iraqi air force on Sunday carried out a new strike on a Daesh (ISIS) position inside Syria, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said in a statement.

The strike targeted a position used by the commanders of the group, south of the town of Deshaisha, the statement said. "The position was completely destroyed," it said.

The Iraqi air force has already carried out several air strikes against Daesh in Syria since last year, with the approval of the regime of Bashar al-Assad and the U.S.-led coalition fighting Daesh, according to Reuters.

Abadi last month said he would "take all necessary measures if they threaten the security of Iraq," referring to the militants who just three years ago overran a third of Iraq.

The prime minister declared final victory over the ultra hardline group in December but it still poses a threat from pockets along the border with Syria and has continued to carry out ambushes, assassinations and bombings across Iraq.

Iraq has good relations with Iran and Russia, Assad's main backers in the seven-year-old Syrian civil war, while also enjoying strong support from the U.S.-led coalition.

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