November 8, 2017 – Fort Russ News – Paul Antonopoulos
DEIR EZZOR, Syria – The Syrian Army and allies have entered ISIS’ final stronghold in Syria according to Hezbollah-affiliated and Lebanon-based Al-Manar television.
According to the report, the Syrian Army, Hezbollah and Iranian organized Shi’ite militias entered the critical town of Albukamal in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor province after surrounding it.
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The liberation of Albukamal is crucial in defeating ISIS and will effectively render ISIS into a small-scale insurgency, a far cry from what it once was at its peak controlling huge swathes of Syria and Iraq.
Earlier today Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that the fight against ISIS will continue even from within Syrian territory, as reported by FRN.
Only last week the major ISIS-held city of Al-Qaim in Iraq, directly opposite Albukamal, was liberated by Iraqi forces.
Both Iraqi and Syrian forces are engaged in an operation to completely eliminate the terrorist group from the Syrian-Iraqi border.