Syria declares victory over Daesh in Deir ez-zor
The Syrian government declared victory over Daesh terrorist in the eastern city of Deir ez-zor on Friday, a big blow to the terrorists as their last stronghold in Syria crumbles.
Deir ez-zor, on the western bank of the Euphrates river, is the largest and most important city in eastern Syria, and is the center of the country’s oil production, Reuters reported.
“The armed forces, in cooperation with allied forces, liberated the city of Deir ezzor completely from the clutches of the Daesh terrorist organization,” the military source said.
The Syrian Army is advancing toward the last significant town held by the Daesh in Syria, Albu Kamal, which is also located on the western bank of the Euphrates.
Daesh had for years besieged a government enclave in Deir ez-zor until an army advance relieved it in early September, starting a battle for terrorist-held parts of the city.
Daesh has recently retreated from much of the territory under its control amid sweeping advances by Syrian soldiers and allied fighters on the battlefield.
The army captured Al-hamidiya, Sheikh Yassin, Al-ardhi and Al-rashidia districts in recent attacks and the Alhawiqa district was the last to be held by the terrorists, a military media unit run by Hezbollah reported.
Engineering units were searching streets and buildings in those districts for mines and booby traps left by the terrorists, the military source said. The large number of problems and obstacles lying like minefields in the political path to resolving the Syria crisis and, in general, international ones, naturally slows the pace of overcoming the humanitarian disaster and establishing peace in the Middle Eastern state.
Speaking to Iran Daily on the sidelines of the 23rd Press Exhibition held in the Iranian capital of Tehran from October 27-November 3, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari added that the world of politics is one of realities and limited choices.
He said the ongoing crisis in Syria, which erupted in 2011, is quite complicated, as a large number of players are involved.
Commenting on the seventh round of Syrian peace talks, organized by Iran, Russia, and Turkey, in the Kazakh capital of Astana during October 29-31, Jaberi Ansari said, “I have repeatedly announced that these negotiations are bringing relative success. However, complete success neither exists in Astana, nor can it be achieved as a result of any other process in any other part of the world. Maybe, we would be able to attain that in our dreams, using another style.”
The head of the Iranian delegation in the talks, Jaberi Ansari added that in these negotiations, the participating sides assessed the latest progress made in implementing the agreements reached in the sixth round of Syrian peace talks in Astana in September, particularly with regard to establishing de-escalation zones, specifically, in the western Syrian province of Idlib.