After successfully relieving the besieged garrison of Deir ez-Zor, the forces of "based" Syrian President Basher al-Assad attain got launched a successful assail across the Euphrates River, the largest river inwards Syria, as well as captured a town on the other side for the starting fourth dimension time since the Syrian Civil War began.
The crossing was made inwards the early on morn of Tuesday (Sept. 19th) yesteryear the ISIS Hunters, an elite vanguard unit of measurement inside the fifth Assault Corps. The crossing has been confirmed yesteryear Islamic State. The town of Marat was captured as well as prisoners were taken.
The Euphrates has long been regarded every bit an unofficial demarcation trouble betwixt US-backed as well as Russian-backed forces fighting against ISIS, although the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) crossed the river inwards lodge to assail Tabqa Dam as well as surroundings the old ISIS upper-case missive of the alphabet of Raqqah.
This crossing yesteryear the Syrian Arab Army of President Assad, however, suggests that it is hoping to brand extensive gains inwards the far East of the province as well as ultimately link upwards alongside around small-scale enclaves silent nether authorities command inwards the SDF-controlled North East of the country.