Syria Democratic forces expel the “Islamic state” from the last town under its control in Deir Al Zour, east of Syria, to limit its presence in this enclave to two small farms

Syria Democratic Forces, a coalition of Kurdish and Arab factions backed by Washington, on Wednesday expelled the Islamic state from the last small town under its control in the eastern province of Deir Al Zour, only two small farms in the enclave, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Since 10 September, these forces, composed of Kurdish and Arab factions, have led an attack with the support of the Washington-led international coalition to expel the organization from the enclave in the eastern village of Deir Al Zour along the Iraqi border.

Despite the counter-attacks launched by the organization, they were able to control most of the enclave.

But despite his field losses, he is still capable of launching bloody attacks, most recently targeting US troops in northern Syria.

The Syrian Observatory reported on Wednesday that the Syrian Democratic Forces control Al Baghuoz Fawqani, the last small town under the control of the organization on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River.

The director of the observatory Rami Abdul Rahman told AFP that “ongoing sweeps in the town in search of the hidden elements of the organization”, expected to advance the Syria Democratic Forces “towards the agricultural land in the vicinity of Al Baghuoz Fawqani”.

According to the observatory, the organization still controls two small villages, two farms and fields around the town.

After the organization was in control of large squares in Syria and neighboring Iraq in 2014, the establishment of the “Islamic caliphate” on it reduced its influence in succession to be confined to the current Syrian desert stretching from the center of the country to the Iraqi border.

“We see that many enemy fighters are fleeing”, US coalition spokesman Colonel Sean Ryan told AFP.

“Our forces are less than 10 kilometers from the Iraqi border, but they are still facing the resistance of fierce fighters”, he said.

“Our mission remains to defeat the organization completely”.

“It is difficult to determine the time required for this, despite the progress”, he said.

“We’re trying to avoid talking about time, because it is more about weakening the capabilities of the enemies”.

Since the start of the offensive in September, more than 900 Jihadis and 600 Syria Democratic Forces have been killed, according to the observatory, which also documented the deaths of more than 380 civilians, including about 140 children.

The area witnessed waves of displacement of civilians and the families of the fighters of the organization to escape the battles and raids, and handed over hundreds of Jihadists weapons, according to the observatory.

The observatory has estimated that 5,000 people have left the enclave since Monday, including 470 Jihadist fighters.

Despite its response to the attack in eastern Deir Al Zour, the organization has adopted two deadly attacks in less than a week targeting US troops patrolling Syria’s democratic forces in northern Syria, threatening further attacks.

On Wednesday, a suicide bomber targeted an American patrol in the center of the northern city of Manbij, which is controlled by Arab and Kurdish fighters who are part of the Munbij military council of the Syria Democratic Forces.

The city and its environs are home to coalition forces, especially the US.

Ten civilians and five local fighters were killed in the blast, as well as four Americans – two soldiers, a civil servant working for the US Department of Defense and a ministry employee.

It was the bloodiest bombing of US forces in Syria since 2014, according to statistics released by the Pentagon.

On Monday, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a car bomb targeting an American convoy accompanied by fighters from the Syria Democratic Forces as he passed through Al Shadadi area, south of Al Hasakah (northeast), killing five Kurdish fighters.

The organization vowed in a statement carried by Jihadist accounts on the implementation of Telegram on Monday night, the American forces and their allies to see “what will makes their hairs turn grey”, asserting that “what happened to them in Al Hasakah and Manbjj first rain drop”.

The blasts came weeks after US President Donald Trump announced his surprise decision to withdraw all his forces from northern Syria, estimated at 2,000, after achieving its goal of “defeating” the organization, he said.

Despite the successive strikes on several fronts and the reduction of its control, the extremist organization is still capable of launching bloody attacks inside and outside Syria.

In the areas from which they were expelled, the organization moves through “sleeper cells” that place bombs, assassinations, kidnappings or suicide bombings targeting civilian and military sites.

Fighting against the organization of the Islamic state is an indication of the complex nature of the conflict in Syria, which since its outbreak in 2011 has killed more than 360,000 people, devastated infrastructure and displaced more than half of the population inside and outside the country.

Meanwhile, Washington recently sent additional troops to Syria as it prepares to withdraw from the country, Pentagon sources said on Thursday.

CNN quoted unnamed Pentagon sources as saying that additional troops sent to Syria were part of securing US troop withdrawals from the country.

The sources didn’t reveal the locations of these or many of these forces, but pointed out that it will most often be of “infantry forces and will be the tasks of helping to secure the troops and equipment on the ground and during the transfers”.

“These forces will move in several areas of Syria without addressing the issue of the withdrawal itself, because of security reasons”, pointing out that “the threats are concentrated from the organization of the state and Syrian forces and factions backed by Iran”.

The dispatch of these forces, after attacks by the State Organization against US soldiers last week in Manbij north of the country led to the death of 4 and wounding others, and another US patrol was attacked in the province of Hasakah said the international coalition that did not result in deaths among Americans.