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from the News Desk at The Cradle, August 12, 2024
The US War on Syria Continues: The Syrian army and tribal forces have engaged in clashes in recent days against the US army and Kurdish-led SDF
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) targeted Syrian army positions with mortar and artillery shells at dawn on 12 August in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, Al Mayadeen reported.
The Kurdish-led SDF also targeted the villages and towns of Sabikhan, Al-Bulil, and Mohsen with mortar and artillery shells while striking the town of Baqras with an armed drone. SDF snipers opened fire at anyone moving on the opposite bank of the Euphrates River, injuring several civilians.
On Sunday, several Syrian army soldiers were killed and others wounded in a drone strike targeting a vehicle near Syria’s eastern city of Al-Bukamal on the Syrian–Iraqi border.
The military vehicle was carrying Syrian army personnel near the town of Al-Duwair in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, as it was en route to a checkpoint near Al-Bukamal city, tasked with preventing ISIS infiltrations from Iraq into the Syrian border city.
The strike came as eastern Syria witnessed significant escalation in recent days after a coalition of Syrian Arab tribes launched a massive offensive against the SDF in Deir Ezzor’s countryside on 7 August, as part of a rebellion launched against the US-backed militants last year.
Damascus has been said to be supporting the Arab tribal rebellion against the SDF.
US airstrikes have targeted the Deir Ezzor countryside several times since the start of the tribal offensive.
A Syrian security source told Sputnik on Saturday that US helicopters bombed several villages in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, enabling the SDF to regain villages and towns they lost days ago after violent battles with tribal forces.
Amid the fighting, SDF forces continued for the fourth day to besiege and blockade the city center of Hasakah in eastern Syria, Athr Press reported Monday. The Syrian army controls Hasakah city center, but the SDF controls the areas and regions surrounding it.
On Friday, the SDF intensified the blockade, preventing the entry of flour trucks and water tankers needed to fill fixed tanks in the streets. Local sources told Athr Press that residents in the city center are now entirely without water amid soaring temperatures.
