ISIS occupies energy field in Eastern Deir Ezzur after clashes with Kurds

The ISIS terrorists occupied an oil and gas field in the Eastern parts of Deir Ezzur after heavy clashes with the Kurdish forces, media sources said.

According to the Arabic-language al-Ahd news website, the ISIL terrorists gained control over Koniko gas field in Northeastern Deir Ezzur on Thursday after an earlier agreement between the ISIS and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) failed in the region.

The US-backed SDF is giving room and space to the ISIS under a deal that first came into practice in Raqqa to give a safe corridor to the terrorists to move deep into Central Syria, gifting the SDF easy control over lands in Northeastern Deir Ezzur near the border with Iraq.

Yet, some groups of ISIS have defied the agreement in a few regions in Northeastern Deir Ezzur. Al-Ahd said a group of ISIS shrugged off the deal after the SDF advanced to receive control of Koniko gas field.

The report said over 10 SDF forces were killed and wounded during the clashes.

Meantime, a military source said on Wednesday that the Syrian Army troops are completing the siege on the Eastern Deir Ezzur city, adding that the ISIS terrorists are trying to leave the city before the siege is completed.

The source said that several groups of terrorists are leaving Deir Ezzur city for the town of Albu Kamal in the Southeastern part of the province near the border with Iraq.

“Small convoys of off-road vehicles and failed attempts to cross the Euphrates River from the Western to the Eastern bank by means of waterborne platforms were detected,” the source said.

According to the source, government forces continue the offensive from several directions and a number of villages along the Euphrates River have been cleared of terrorists.

Terrorists are suffering huge losses inside the city as the Syrian army expands its offensive with the support of the Russian Air Force, the source added.

Source: Farsnews