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Tag Archives: Deir ez-Zor
Islamic State Shrinks Again
The ongoing destruction of what remains of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is more of a process than a series of discrete battles at this point. A story I’ve been watching develop the last few weeks has finally … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged Al Masdar News, Bashar Assad, Damascus, Deir ez-Zor, Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, Golan Heights, Hama, Homs, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jazerra Storm, Jihad, Jordan, Latakia, Middle East, Military, Rojava, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces
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SDF Finally Clearing Euphrates Pocket
After Deir Ez-Zor fell in early November of 2017, it looked like the war against the Islamic State in its own, self-professed caliphate was all but over. But then a funny thing happened. That theater of the war seemed to … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged al-Baghdadi, Baqhous, Deir ez-Zor, Euphrates, Foreign Policy, Hajin, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Kurds, Middle East, Military, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces
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U.S. Blows Up Russian Tank in Syria
Now the question is whether it was a Russian tank or a Russian tank: An American drone destroyed a Russian-made T-72 battle tank operating in eastern Syria on Saturday, according to the U.S. military’s command unit responsible for forces in … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Military
Tagged Deir ez-Zor, Foreign Policy, Military, Russia, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, T-72, tanks
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Islamic State All But Destroyed
After having secured the Syrian border, Iraq has declared the war against the Islamic State over. Syria strongman Bashar Assad’s patrons the Russians have likewise declared Syria liberated from the Islamic State as well. Both of these statements are slightly … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged al-Baghdadi, Bashar Assad, Deir ez-Zor, Egypt, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, John Bolton, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Military, Omar Mohammed, rape, Russia, Sufi, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Yazidi
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Deir Ez-Zor Falls
The Syrian army just ousted the Islamic State from their last urban stronghold in Syria. Syrian government forces have liberated the last remaining Isis stronghold in the country as the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate continues to crumble. The Syrian military said … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged Abu Kammal, Deir ez-Zor, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Military, Qaim, Russia, Syria
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Islamic State Update: Hawija Falls, Final Push for Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor Fully Invested
Quick update on the ongoing destruction of the Islamic State. First, “Iraqi forces have driven Islamic State fighters from the northern city of Hawija, the militants’ final urban stronghold in Iraq, three years after they seized control of nearly a … Continue reading
Islamic State Near Collapse?
That’s what this headline implies. The truth is a little less dramatic: Raqqa is on the edge of full liberation and the Islamic State is in retreat everywhere else. Static lines of control that held for months in northern Raqqa … Continue reading
Possible Conflict Between Assad/Russia and SDF/U.S. Brewing?
Remember how a month ago how almost all the different Syrian factions were concentrating on crushing the last remnants of the Islamic State? Good times, good times. Well the good times may be over, as Russian and Syrian forces launched … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged Deir ez-Zor, Euphrates, Foreign Policy, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Kurds, Military, Russia, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces
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Islamic State War Update: Deir ez-Zor Relieved, Raqqa Crumbling, Tal Afar Captured
Before we turn our attention to North Korea, there’s still the war against the Islamic State to be won. And there’s lots of significant news there. First, Syrian government forces have just relieved the Islamic State’s three year siege of … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged Deir ez-Zor, Foreign Policy, Gen. Paul Funk, Hama, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Military, Raqqa, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Tal Afar, Uqayribat
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