Egypt Daily News – The official Syrian news agency SANA reported on Tuesday morning that Syrian army units were repelling an attack launched by the Deir ez-Zor Military Council, affiliated with the SDF, on some villages in the northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
SANA said: “Units of the army and allied forces confronted an attack launched by terrorists of the so-called Deir ez-Zor Military Council, affiliated with the separatist SDF militia, on the liberated villages in the Al-Jazeera area in the northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.”
Earlier today, Al-Mayadeen channel said, “The American army instructed the militants of the Deir ez-Zor Military Council affiliated with the SDF to begin attacking the Syrian army positions in the seven villages in the Deir ez-Zor countryside,” in conjunction with the attack carried out by “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham” and other opposition factions on Aleppo and the countryside. Idlib and the countryside of Hama.
Al-Mayadeen explained that the seven villages are located on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, in the northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, namely Al-Husseiniyah, Al-Salihiyah, Hatla, Marat, Mazloum, Khasham, and Al-Tabiyah, and they are under the control of the Syrian army.
Social media sites circulated videos of raids likely carried out by A-10 American aircraft targeting positions of Syrian army forces in the Deir ez-Zor countryside.
Al-Mayadeen reported that the militants of the Deir ez-Zor Military Council targeted the town of Khasham in the Deir ez-Zor countryside with 12 mortar shells. They also brought in minesweepers and began removing the dirt berm from the Khasham front.
In turn, the leadership of the “Deir ez-Zor Military Council” said that its forces “have become responsible for protecting the people of the villages of Al-Salihiyah, Tabiya, Hatla, Khasham, Marat, Mazloum, and Husseiniya in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor”, “in response to the call and appeals of their people.”
The Deir ez-Zor Military Council said in a statement issued today, Tuesday, that “in view of the dangerous security conditions resulting from the recent events in western Syria all the way to the desert, and the presence of serious risks related to the imminent movement of large cells affiliated with the terrorist organization ISIS to geographically control unprotected areas, especially in the north and east.” Deir ez-Zor, we confirm that our forces have become responsible for protecting the people of the villages of Salhiya, Tabiya, Hatla, Khasham, Marat, Mazloum, and Husseiniya in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor. “Eastern”.
The statement added, “The entry of our forces into these villages comes in response to the call and appeals of their people, following the increasing potential risks of the terrorist organization ISIS exploiting events in the west of the country.”
But later this morning, Al-Mayadeen TV reported, “The complete withdrawal of SDF militants after they carried out a failed advance attempt towards the seven safe villages north of Deir ez-Zor.”
The Syrian newspaper “Al-Watan” reported that during a meeting in the Deir ez-Zor governorate building yesterday, Monday, “the sons, sheikhs, and notables of the Deir ez-Zor tribes affirmed their adherence to the unity and sovereignty of Syria and their standing by the Syrian army.”
