This map provides a brief look at the military situation in Syria and Iraq on November 18, 2018:
- Iraqi security forces continue their operations against ISIS cells across the country;
- The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units reinforced their positions along the border with Syria and carried out cross-border artillery strikes on ISIS positions in the area of Hajin in Syria;
- US-backed forces in Syria killed over 20 ISIS members in the recent clashes in the area of Hajin;
- The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) eliminated the ISIS-held pocket in the al-Safa voulcanic fied;
- The sitaution remains tense in the Idlib de-escalatino zone where militant groups clash each against others and violate the ceasefire regime.
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What hell is the little dark zone at northwest of the eliminated al Safa pockett?
That confused me, but if you read the listing above twice (as I had to do), it states “The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) eliminated the ISIS-held pocket in the al-Safa voulcanic field” – so I am asuming that this is only one area cleared from Vermin..
I could be wrong though.
That little dark zone is in the Damascus desert, and there are any news of another ISIS fortified zone in the Damascus desert, there’s only the ISIS pockett in the Homs desert It’s true that ISIS little unities and even other takfiris little unities, that came from At Tanf, were several times caught in the Homs desert outside the ISIS pockett, in the red zone (under SAA control), it happened near Palmyra (in the north), at least 4 times, it happened near Abukamal, but it seems that now isn’t happen any more, and even more to south (where the hostages were recovered), but this only means that the takfiris still can travel on those parts of the Homs desert. One thing is an fortified zone and another thing is the capability of travelling in some areas, where they don’t have any fortified pockett..
No, look again at Al-Safa – top left or NW ……. not the big black blob in the desert.
https://southfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/18nov_Iraq_Syria_War_Map.jpg?x99359
Do you see that little black bob ?…… on the map – Syria – bottom left in Al-safa..
Just that pocket in the homs desert and idlib and then finish up the eastern part of syria :)))