Syria Crisis: Army, Resistance Reach Iraq border, Circumvent US Forces

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In a new field advancement, Russia's Defense Ministry reported Friday that the Syrian army and its allies circled around US military advisers in eastern Syria to reach the Iraqi border, dealing what could be a major blow to the declared US mission.

This comes after the US aircraft twice hit the Syrian allies' forces in the region. The strikes are believed to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers and allies' forces , in addition to destroying tanks and heavy weapons.

By circling around them, the Russian-backed forces have apparently avoided a direct confrontation with US-backed forces based out of al-Tanf, the border post under US and opposition control.

They are advancing in the direction of Albukamal, according to Col. Gen, Sergei Surovikin, the commander in charge of the Russian forces in Syria.

On their side of the border, Iraqi forces, along with Iranian-backed al-Hashd al-Shaabi known as Popular Mobilization, are advancing through Daesh-held territory to meet the Russian-backed forces at the frontier.

Daesh is also under attack in the northern city of Raqqa, its Syrian bastion, with a US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters leading the battle.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team