A brief overview of the recent developments in Syria:
- A group of ISIS members reportedly fled from the SDF-run jail in the town of al-Malikiyah;
- One of the suspects detained over the January 16 bombing in Manbij says that the attack was prepared with help from ISIS cells in Idlib province;
- ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reportedly hiding in the Homs-Deir Ezzor desert;
- Iran is reportedly preparing to take over management of the port at the city of Latakia from October 1st, 2019 under a lease agreement;
- The SDF is reportedly engaged in negotiations with ISIS members remaining in the area of al-Baghouz. Some of them have already surrendered;
- ISIS-linked sources claimed that ISIS members had attacked SDF forces in the Jarnof oil field and Tayyanah. At least 6 SDF members were killed and a vehicle was destroyed, accoridng to these reports;
- 2 SDF members were killed by supposed ISIS militants in Abu Khashab;
- Sporadic clashes and artillery duels were reported in northern Hama and western Aleppo.
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