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On November 12, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that its fighters captured al-Busayrah town in the southeastern Deir Ezzor countryside. The SDF also said that its forces are advancing now in al-Shheell village south of al-Busayrah. Al-Shheell is that last ISIS position in the Khabur-Euphrates pocket.
Meanwhile, the ISIS-linked Amaq news agency announced that ISIS fighters targeted positions of the SDF around al-Busayrah town with 107mm rockets. Amaq also reported that six suicide attackers of ISIS attacked positions of the SDF in the Omar oil fields in the southeastern Deir Ezzor countryside.
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Back on November 11, Amaq claimed that a VBIED of ISIS targeted a position of the SDF near the al-Hasakah–Deir Ezzor highway. 15 SDF fighters were killed, and 3 vehicles of the SDF were damaged in the VBIED attack according to Amaq.
After capturing al-Shheell village, the SDF will be able to resume its advance towards the Syrian-Iraqi border. ISIS fighters will likely withdraw without fighting towards Nineveh desert west of Mosul city inside Iraq.
