Commander Hassan Abdul Ghani mentioned town and its navy airport are absolutely ‘liberated’.
Fighters in Syria who’ve overthrown former President Bashar al-Assad say they’ve taken full management of the jap metropolis of Deir Az Zor, after clashes with Kurdish-led forces who briefly held it after pro-government troopers fled.
Commander Hassan Abdul Ghani, spokesman for the advancing forces, introduced the takeover of Deir Az Zor in a submit on Telegram saying town and its navy airport are absolutely “liberated”.
In a follow-up assertion on Wednesday, Ghani mentioned the fighters “are persevering with to advance within the areas and cities of Deir Az Zor countryside”.
The seize is the most recent in a string of victories for the coalition of opposition forces who seized a number of cities – together with the capital, Damascus – in an 11-day blitz.
On Sunday, al-Assad fled the country after the insurgent forces, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Shams (HTS), closed in on Damascus.
Al-Assad’s Prime Minister Mohammed al-Jalali has since agreed to transfer power to an HTS-led transitional authorities, headed by Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) held Deir Az Zor metropolis for a number of days after Syrian authorities forces, which beforehand managed areas of it, withdrew.
The SDF nonetheless management jap sections of the governorate, throughout the Euphrates river, the place the coalition fighters say they’re advancing.
The ability wrestle in Deir Az Zor, which was a crucial battleground within the combat in opposition to ISIL (ISIS) from 2014-2017, comes after insurgent forces additionally wrested management of Kurdish-led forces within the northern metropolis of Manbij.
On Wednesday, the SDF confirmed that the US, which backs the group, had mediated a ceasefire settlement between it and the Turkish-backed Syrian Nationwide Military (SNA) faction there.
Underneath the deal, aimed to make sure the safety of civilians, the Kurdish-led SDF agreed to “withdraw from the world as quickly as attainable”, mentioned commander Mazloum Abdi, also referred to as Mazloum Kobani.
