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The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies have liberated the villages of Um Teen Al-Mu’allaq and Nabatiyah from ISIS in the eastern Salamiyah countryside, north of the Palmyra-Deir Ezzor highway.
Earlier today, government forces took control of Abu Hanayah in the southern part of the ISIS-held pocket.
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That’s it cut them into pockets makes them easier to handle, the slice and dice method dealing with your enemy, they don’t like these tactics it hampers their freedom of movement. Keep up the good work this is tedious but the most effective in dealing with them.
agree! Its slow but thats because they need as much resources as they can in DeZ and on the border with Iraq!
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9cc55937dfacb17ee591df670f2e267776c768ea143142e396b2b8ff2805002b.png The towns are not that small in this area many houses clear