09-19-2017, 01:27 AM
THE SIEGE IS LIFTED! Last week in an incredible push towards the city, after 4 years surrounded by ISIS and 2 years surrounded by Rebels before the former, the SAA Tiger Forces stormed through and completely crippled the Daesh defenses surrounding the city of Dier ez-Zor. Since the siege was lifted, the US-Proxy force greedily took advantage of the situation of the ISIS defenses being in disarray to push towards the city on the opposite side of the Euphrates, in an attempt to secure the oil rich areas in the eastern part of the Dier ez-Zor province shown here: ![[Image: aSOaODR.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/aSOaODR.jpg)
They want to grab these, as they would be a large bargaining chip after the war is over. BUT, the SAA was prepared! They quickly made pontoon bridges and sent many amphibious landing vehicles and as of today, they successfully crossed the Euphrates, cutting off the the major roadway (shown here as the number 7) to the oil-rich areas. Now, the proxy force will now need to travel down the roadway along side the Al Khabour River if they want to seize the area.
![[Image: RKtaS9s.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/RKtaS9s.jpg)
They want to grab these, as they would be a large bargaining chip after the war is over. BUT, the SAA was prepared! They quickly made pontoon bridges and sent many amphibious landing vehicles and as of today, they successfully crossed the Euphrates, cutting off the the major roadway (shown here as the number 7) to the oil-rich areas. Now, the proxy force will now need to travel down the roadway along side the Al Khabour River if they want to seize the area.