Anadolu Agency correspondents reported that ISIS had withdrawn -- without clashes -- from its last stronghold in the Hasakah province, most of which remains occupied by the PKK/PYD terrorist group.
The ISIS withdrawal is expected to leave the entire province in the hands of the PKK/PYD terrorist group.
ISIS also appeared to withdraw from the city of Buqamal, leaving the PKK/PYD and Assad terrorists in control of Deir ez-Zoor.
Last week, the Assad regime, backed by Russia and Iran, seized control of Deir ez-Zor.
Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi, a largely Shia component of the Iraqi army, supported the campaign to capture Buqamal with a series of cross-border artillery barrages.
ISIS, however, still reportedly maintains a limited presence in Deir ez-Zoor’s rural outskirts.
ISIS captured Deir ez-Zor and Buqamal, both of which are near the Iraqi border, in mid-2014.
Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict and more than 10 million displaced, according to the UN.
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