The decision of the US to make the SDF merc group annex Deir Ezzor proves to be costly for their ranks but also for ISIS. Key weapons are aircraft and car bombs that inflicted hundreds of casualties on both sides in the past six weeks. A bloody stalemate is the result. SDF and SAA could have been cooperating against ISIS but instead for the SDF the war became a race for land to grab which they were not prepared for and even cooperated with the terrorist group against the Syrian government. The behavior of the SDF did not differ from ISIS, now they get what they called for and additionally they have two other new frontiers in Afrin and Manbij that they cannot reinforce because they are land grabbing mercs acting on the behalf of foreign powers.
"BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:22 A.M.) – A bloody stalemate between US-backed forces (of which Kurdish units form a key component) and ISIS has assumed throughout eastern Syria after a month-and-a-half of high-pitched operations.
The last six weeks has witnessed pro-Coalition forces attempt to expel Islamic State militants from the eastern shore of the Euphrates River in the province of Deir Ezzor with tactically mixed but ultimately unsuccessful results.
Despite capturing about a dozen villages as well as the Shaitat tribal region, the push by US-led forces to seize the major Islamic State strongholds of Gharanij, Haijin and Ash-Sha’fah have failed.
Gharanij in particular has switched hands three or four times in the last month; every time pro-Coalition fighters have taken the fortress town to date, ISIS has counter-attacked with car bombs and fighters using tunnels for mobility.
At the same time, ISIS launched its own counter-offensive in the last week, attempting to use bad weather conditions as a means to negate Coalition airpower.
It is unclear if some villages were retaken or not, however, overall the terrorist group has failed to achieve real breakthroughs that threaten the presence of US-backed forces in Deir Ezzor province.
What both side have managed to achieve is inflicting very high casualties on each other and (due to reckless operational practices) on themselves. The kill count of the last six weeks runs into the hundreds (per belligerent) and whilst airstrikes have been the main cause for ISIS deaths, car bomb attacks have been the core source for loss of life among the ranks of Coalition-led paramilitary groups."
Bloody stalemate assumes between Kurdish forces and ISIS in east Syria with many hundreds of dead on both sides
"BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:22 A.M.) – A bloody stalemate between US-backed forces (of which Kurdish units form a key component) and ISIS has assumed throughout eastern Syria after a month-and-a-half of high-pitched operations.
The last six weeks has witnessed pro-Coalition forces attempt to expel Islamic State militants from the eastern shore of the Euphrates River in the province of Deir Ezzor with tactically mixed but ultimately unsuccessful results.
Despite capturing about a dozen villages as well as the Shaitat tribal region, the push by US-led forces to seize the major Islamic State strongholds of Gharanij, Haijin and Ash-Sha’fah have failed.
Gharanij in particular has switched hands three or four times in the last month; every time pro-Coalition fighters have taken the fortress town to date, ISIS has counter-attacked with car bombs and fighters using tunnels for mobility.
At the same time, ISIS launched its own counter-offensive in the last week, attempting to use bad weather conditions as a means to negate Coalition airpower.
It is unclear if some villages were retaken or not, however, overall the terrorist group has failed to achieve real breakthroughs that threaten the presence of US-backed forces in Deir Ezzor province.
What both side have managed to achieve is inflicting very high casualties on each other and (due to reckless operational practices) on themselves. The kill count of the last six weeks runs into the hundreds (per belligerent) and whilst airstrikes have been the main cause for ISIS deaths, car bomb attacks have been the core source for loss of life among the ranks of Coalition-led paramilitary groups."
Bloody stalemate assumes between Kurdish forces and ISIS in east Syria with many hundreds of dead on both sides
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