LEBANON: US-backed forces in Syria on Monday cut off a key supply route between the ISIS group's stronghold Raqa and its territory in Deir Ezzor province, a commander and a monitor said.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, seized control of the only major road linking Raqa along the Euphrates valley to Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. "The route... linking Raqa to Deir Ezzor was cut this morning," an SDF commander confirmed.
The SDF launched its offensive for Raqa - the de facto Syrian capital of ISIS's so-called caliphate - in early November and has since seized swathes of territory in northern Syria from the terrorists.
Its forces made a major incursion into the oil-rich Deir Ezzor province last month, in a drive to encircle and besiege the terrorists in Raqa.
Deir Ezzor province lies just east of Raqa and is almost completely held by ISIS. The terrorists also hold most of the provincial capital of the same name, and have been battling regime forces to overrun the city.
The SDF alliance, dominated by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), has benefitted from air support, equipment and training provided by the US-led coalition that has been carrying out air strikes against ISIS in Syria and neighbouring Iraq since 2014.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, seized control of the only major road linking Raqa along the Euphrates valley to Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. "The route... linking Raqa to Deir Ezzor was cut this morning," an SDF commander confirmed.
The SDF launched its offensive for Raqa - the de facto Syrian capital of ISIS's so-called caliphate - in early November and has since seized swathes of territory in northern Syria from the terrorists.
Deir Ezzor province lies just east of Raqa and is almost completely held by ISIS. The terrorists also hold most of the provincial capital of the same name, and have been battling regime forces to overrun the city.
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