US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have launched a major offensive on the last remaining pockets of Islamic State (ISIS) territory in the villages near the city of Deir Ez-Zor and the eastern bank of the Euphrates River where the terrorist group’s leaders, including Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, are believed to be hiding. The attack is said to be targeting the last remaining stronghold of the Daesh in what is believed to be the final battle against the terror organization.
The SDF, made up of Kurdish and Arab militias, is engaged in intense clashes with thousands of ISIS fighters near Hajin and other nearby villages as they increase pressure on the extremist group by pushing deeper into the ISIS-held territory. The U.S. coalition has been supporting the offensive via air attacks and artillery strikes.
The conquest of Hajin and nearby villages near the Iraqi border would mark an important victory in the ongoing fight against ISIS in Syria. Seeing as Hajin is the last major urban center under the control of the terror organization in Syria with reports indicating that many of its leaders and foreign fighters are still based there so it’s their last major pocket.
