ISIS accept suffered all the same about other large defeat inwards the Syrian Civil War, this fourth dimension at the town of Maskanah, where they accept been nether onset by the elite "Tiger" onset units of the Syrian Army. According to varying reports, the town has either been captured, with ISIS forces inwards retreat, or, fifty-fifty worse, ISIS forces accept been surrounded.
Maskanah, a town most 80km East of the metropolis of Aleppo, has long been the centre of ISIS's seat inwards North West Syria.
Earlier this year, forces loyal to President Assad secured command of Aleppo, in addition to on March 21st, an offensive was launched against ISIS inwards the region. After stalling for several weeks, the onset picked upwards speed inwards recent days, alongside the consequence that ISIS instantly appears to accept been crushed at Maskanah.
In previous weeks, ISIS's seat at Maskanah had been gradually weakened yesteryear attacks from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) farther East at Tabqa in addition to Raqqah, the quondam working capital missive of the alphabet of the Caliphate.
It instantly appears that the combined pressure level of the Russian-and-Iranian-backed Assad forces in addition to the SDF is causing a collapse of ISIS that should encounter large territorial gains inwards the weeks ahead.
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