Civil Conflict Thread

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1 month later, some H U G E updates


Remaining ISIS members caught in the Salami pocket race through with a civilian convoy headed for the HTS controlled area to the north. 

https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status...8514658304

The ISIS troops hidden in the convoy sprung into action and took a sizable portion in a surprise offensive. HTS counterattacked and took back villages. 

https://twitter.com/Syria_Hezb_Iran/stat...4968407041

The SAA, taking advantage of this, started advancing on ISIS positions in the area.

 

Using surprise tactics and sleeper agents, ISIS took full control of the city of al-Qaryatayn in an offensive through the open desert. 

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast...me=topNews

It took two weeks, but the SAA managed to take back the city, but not before ISIS members executed hundreds of "traitors".

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/is...41853.html



After 4 months and 1 week of intense air bombardments from coalition jets and intense house to house fighting, al-Raqqa is finally cleared of ISIS militants, with the US-Proxy force preparing to integrate it illegally into their territory.
 
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast...me=topNews

On the 23rd of September, the SAA finally cleared the Ma'adan pocket of Da'esh members liberating scores of villages, freeing up troops for Deir ez-Zor in the south and a push towards Al-Mayadeen

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/bre...zzor-isis/



on September 28th, ISIS launched a MAJOR offensive in the name of Abu Mohamed Al-Adani offensive. Most of the sources I have on the subject are from ISIS-linked twitter. They captured dozens of check-points, cities and the T3 pumping station (next to the plane, bottom left in picture) all along the Deir ez-Zor highway, cutting off the major supply route towards the Deir ez-Zor city. After weeks of intense clashes, the SAA managed to retake all captured territories.



While all that fun was happening on the Deir ez-Zor highway, the elite SAA Tiger Forces launched a major offensive down the Euphrates valley, toward the de-facto capital of Al-Mayadeen. After a week of clashes, they managed to encircle the city and liberate it. Using this momentum, they continued south. 

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syr...pply-line/
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/dro...-mayadeen/

While clearing out the city, they found massive amounts of weapons supplied from western countries, mostly France and the US. 



https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pic...s-capital/

After clearing the city and heading south, going through the desert again during a sandstorm, ISIS rushed towards the city. In a counterattack, the SAA crushed the ISIS attack with them taking heavy casualties. 

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isi...militants/

In a surprise turn of events, hundreds of ISIS tribal members defect to the US-proxy forces and give up the largest oil-field, Al-Omar, almost completely intact. This raises a lot of questions with the United State's involvement in the area. They're using this momentum to keep heading towards the border with Iraq.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/sd...21039.html



Yesterday, after flanking the ISIS members in south-east Syria, the SAA finally took back the T2 Pumping station from the Da'esh, finally seizing the last of the pumping stations from ISIS. 

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/vid...eir-ezzor/

Despite the offensive against Iraqi Kurdistan after declaring independence, the Iraqi Army finally started their offensive towards Al-Qaim. So far, they have liberated the H-1 and H-2 Airbases in the south-west while they attempt to cut off Al-Qaim from the rest of the Islamic State territory.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41760479



Currently, in Deir ez-Zor city, the SAA managed to liberate Saqr Island and the industrial center, pushing ISIS away from the south-east of the city.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syr...-new-town/

Unfortunately, the Major General Issam Zahreddine "The Druze Beast", mastermind of the defense in Deir ez-Zor when it was encircled by Al-Nusra and then ISIS for 5 years before the SAA Tiger Forces broke the siege last month, died on October 18th from an ISIS IED. He will be remembered by all as the defender of Deir ez-Zor and it's people.



https://www.islam21c.com/news-views/top-...ir-al-zor/