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The Islamic State (IS) recovered areas in eastern Syria containing one of the largest oil fields in the country. According to sources within the opposition in the province of Deir al Zor.
The terrorist group took control of the region on Sunday morning after Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) combatants withdrew. EI had lost the area east of Euphrates to the benefit of opposition fighters a year ago.
In recent days, the predominantly Kurdish majority and the IDF have fought in the extreme east of Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, at least 68 SDF fighters have been killed since Friday during the worst attack perpetrated by the IS
. The militias chased the jihadists out of their Raqqa Fortress, formerly the capital of the Islamic State. The group has only a few small desert areas in Syria.
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