«Ksad» controls the «Bagouz» defense line «calling» the last pockets in Syria

Yesterday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (Qusd) took control of the town of Al-Bagouz Faqani, east of the Euphrates River, in the village of Deir al-Zour, after clashes with the Da'ash. The terrorist organization lost its first line of defense in the last of its pockets inside Syria. Before the Munich International Security Conference, German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyne called for no delay in fighting the Da'ash organization.

In detail, military sources said the international coalition helped the Syrian-led "Syrian Democratic Forces" to take over the entire town of Baguoz Faqani. This town is the first line of defense for the rest of the points controlled by the organization's militants east of the Euphrates River, near the border with Iraq.

With this control, Daqash remains in his last pocket about 500 armed men who control the town of Safafneh and parts of the village of Al-Marashdeh and Al-Arqoub in the town of Al-Sousse near the Euphrates River.

Last Saturday, the Qusd forces launched their latest campaign to expel a "preacher" from the region.

The Qods forces besieged Da'ash fighters, who once controlled large parts of Syria and neighboring Iraq, from the north and east, surrounded by the Euphrates River from the west and south, while the Syrian government and its allies are deployed on the West Bank of the river.

The control of Baguoz and nearby areas is the end of a global campaign against extremist organization that began four years ago.

The spokesman for the forces of «Ksd», Mustafa Bali, yesterday, that the fighting continues with the militants «calling» in the last area controlled by the organization east of Syria, and stressed that the militants of the organization appear fierce resistance.

"Our troops are advancing militarily on the ground in the Baguoz and its outskirts, but the confrontation is very fierce with a fan," Bali said.

"Most of the Da'ash fighters, especially the foreigners, have previous experiences in the fighting in both Chechnya and Afghanistan. The militants of the terrorist organization are fighting for the last bastion and they do not have many choices, either death or surrender."

He described the humanitarian situation in the region as "very bad" and said that civilians trapped in the Baguoz were being used as human shields to block the progress of the Syrian Democratic Forces.

He pointed out that «the situation inside the camps that host displaced people fleeing the region, is also very difficult in light of the scarcity of humanitarian assistance».

According to local activists, more than 1,500 people have fled from the last pocket of Daqash in eastern Syria in the past 48 hours.

US President Donald Trump said the organization had been defeated and announced in December that he would withdraw all US troops from Syria.

But militants and some residents in eastern Syria say the militants are still in reclaimed areas, preparing for a future insurgency.

Syrian activists who are closely following the conflict have pointed to ongoing negotiations between Daqash and Qusd forces to open a corridor for extremists to leave the besieged area.

The director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdulrahman, and the director of the Deir al-Zour 24 media network, Omar Abulili, said the plan was to evacuate the "Da'ash" fighters to an area close to the Iraqi border.

The observatory said that the leaders of the besieged "Daqash" have about 40 tons of gold and money, estimated at millions of dollars, and hope to carry them with them.

The Voice and Image Organization, which reports atrocities in areas controlled by Daqash, said an agreement had already been reached on the evacuation, adding that the organization's leaders had agreed to reveal the fate of the foreign hostages who were or were still being held, Senior fighters.

In another context, the Kurdish leaders of Syria confirmed that the issue of the return of States to their nationals who were previously engaged in the ranks of «Daash» and are currently detained by the forces «Qsd» is still in place, but pointed out that some countries began to recover their nationals from the wives of the elements of the organization and their children .

For her part, the German Defense Minister, Ursula von der Leyne, called for no complacency in the fight against the "Dadsh", where she told the German news agency in Berlin: "We know that the organization was not defeated, but changed his face and the manner of his behavior.

"Before the conference begins, the main group of the 13-nation alliance will discuss the next course of the mission," she said. "We will be intensively discussing how to prevent and combat infiltration and transgression of subversive organization through clandestine networks."

The Munich Conference, which takes place from February 15 to 17, is expected to take part in the conference, which will include 600 heads of state and government, about 80 foreign ministers and defense ministers.

It should be noted that Germany is participating militarily in the fight against «Da'ash» in Syria and Iraq.

She welcomed the delay of the United States plans to withdraw from Syria, explaining that it is good that the United States «has amended the accelerated withdrawal to formulate the basic conditions for withdrawal», adding that the fight against the organization «Daash» beyond the Syrian issue.

As for the stability of the situation after the end of hostilities in Syria, von der Lin said: "Here Europe can play a very important role." She said that Syria's reconstruction will take years and cost billions of euros, explaining that Russia or the Syrian government "So we Europeans have to make it clear that we will provide humanitarian assistance, but the reconstruction of Syria will depend on the condition that the political process under the cloak of the United Nations is in such a way as to ensure that individuals who fled the Assad dictatorship return to their country without being endangered, », Also confirmed Rorh minority rights guarantee, such as the Kurds.

On the other hand, von der Lin warned the United States of the consequences of a precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan. "Americans know that we think it is not right to give up Afghanistan now. The process of intelligent withdrawal of forces must always be subject to sustainable progress in the peace process. "

On the other hand, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, yesterday, the killing of three people and injuring about 15 others by the bombing of Syrian forces, Rifai Idlib and Hama.

The Observatory said in a press statement yesterday that two people were killed and 10 injured when Syrian forces shelled the town of Khan Shaykhoun in the south-eastern countryside of Idlib.

He pointed to the continuing violations in the areas of entry into force of the Russians and Turks in the four governorates and the demilitarized zones. Syrian forces shelled more than 60 shells in the villages of Al-Latamna, .

According to the Observatory, the Syrian forces targeted artillery shells in areas of Al-Hawiz, Al-Tuwaina and Al-Hurriya villages in Al-Ghab plain in rural West Hama, killing one child and injuring five others in Al-Tuwaina and Al-Hawiz.

The Observatory pointed out that 79 civilians, including 30 children and 12 women, were killed by Syrian forces during the implementation of the agreement between the Russian and Turkish presidents.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed last month at the end of a meeting in the resort of Sochi to establish a demilitarized zone in the province of Idlib.