ISIS update 7/31/2017...Hezbollah and Lebanese flags hoisted near Syrian border

July 31, 2017: Tiger Forces Enter Deir Ezzor Province

Syrian Soldiers Impose Control over Terrorists’ Main Supply Line in Deir Ezzur

The Syrian Army troops carried out a rapid attack and closed off ISIL’s key supply route in Deir Ezzur province as the pro-government forces are pushing toward Deir Ezzur from Eastern Homs.

The army troops carried out a fresh operation in Deir Ezzur province, cutting off one of the ISIL’s key supply lines to the provincial cemetery.

The army dug a large tunnel under ISIL’s positions, placing a large supply of explosives beneath the terrorist group’s positions before detonating the bombs.

Following the explosion, the pro-government forces stormed ISIL’s positions and cutoff one of the Takfiri group’s most vital supply lines to the provincial cemetery.

Relevant reports said on Sunday that the army men struck ISIL’s positions near Panorama base, Deir Ezzur base and Regiment 137 base, killing a large number of ISIL, including one of the commanders of the terrorist group in the town of Muhassan nom de guerre Moravia al-Faraj.

Local sources reported that the entire members of ISIL’s security headquarters, including Abu Abdulla Tunisi, Abu Harth Shaqra and Abu al-Mo’atasem al-Dayeri, were killed in the army attack in the village of al-Hosseiniyeh.

In the meantime, the Syrian Air Force pounded ISIL’s positions and movements in the neighborhoods of al-Hamidiyeh, al-Arzi and al-Kanamat and in al-Maqaber (cemetery) region and Jonayd Division base, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

The storming of the Sukhna oasis Colonelcassad

Briefly on the development of operations around the Sukhna Oasis, the storming of which began several days ago.
Despite the optimistic statements of the first day of the assault, the oasis is still being held by militants, although the army managed to occupy part of the pre-settlement and the hills adjacent to the oasis.
The enemy was able to organize stubborn resistance, relying on a system of mine fields and mobile anti-tank groups. To inhibit the advancement of mechanized groups of SAA, groups of militants on waggons are flanked by Syrian troops advancing through the desert and are trying to attack communications lines to force Syrians to use at least part of the forces to cover communications, thereby weakening the strike power of the advancing mechanized units. In part, this tactic works, since the rate of offensive for the last couple of days has decreased and the army has not been able to fully gain a foothold in Sukhn. For militants, such an active defense is in fact the only way to delay the loss of Sukhny, since if they made a bet solely on the hard defense of the oasis itself, then this would play the hand of the SAA, which has an overwhelming superiority in artillery, not to mention the air strikes imposed by the Syrian Air Force And VKS of the Russian Federation.

 Similarly, the “blacks” are trying to slow the development offensive of the “Tigers” at the junction of the provinces of Rakka and Deir ez Zor, carrying out attacks on the southern flank of the advancing grouping and probing https://southfront.org/tiger-forces-ente r-administrative-borders -of-deir-ezzor-p rovince-syrian-army-in-only-200m-from-st rategic-sukhna-town / 

 SAA position south of Resafa. At the same time. It should be noted that despite local tactical achievements, such flanking activity of the militants is rather a nuisance, since they can not yet gather the necessary forces to attack, which could have operational consequences, as we would say last summer under Tabka . However, the emphasis on the flanks of the advancing groups reflects the old trend on the desire of the militant command to active defense and to strikes against communication lines. To some extent, it is even a template, since all the defensive operations of militants over the past year were usually accompanied by attempts to strain the flanks of the advancing Syrian troops. But unlike the campaigns of 2014-2015, it was much more difficult to catch Syrians, including thanks to the presence of Russian military advisers, whose presence provides better operational planning and, most importantly, a competent response to the occurrence of operational crises that in previous years often put The Syrian command to a standstill.

As a result, crises even occur periodically, but less often the Khilafat manages to derive substantial benefits from them, except perhaps for the time that he periodically wins, delaying his inevitable defeat.

The growing threat of dissecting the remaining territory of the Caliphate. Hence the counterattacks of militants, which are trying to slow the growth of the catastrophe.

With regard to Sukhny, it seems that some time it will take the SAA to stop the activity of militants, as well as overcoming the network of minefields to the west of the city. As soon as the militants lose space for maneuver, the quantitative and qualitative superiority of the SAA should have an impact. Most importantly, the loss of Sukhna and the surrounding traffic interchanges, will disrupt the transport connectivity of the remaining Caliphate territory in Syria and complicate the supply of the Akerbat group of the Caliphate.

The advance along the Palmyra-Deir-ez-Zor route after the occupation of Sukhny will create prerequisites for the operative encirclement of all the remaining troops of the Caliphate in central Syria. But for the time being it is necessary to solve the current task of occupying Sukhny, which, judging by the pace of development of operations, it may take another 1-2 weeks to sweep Suhna itself and the surrounding areas.

ISIS control over Raqqa has begun to fall apart

In a new bombing of the coalition that supports the Kurds leaves 15 civilians dead of which 5 are children

Hezbollah and Lebanese flags hoisted near Syrian border after recapture from militants

Hezbollah’s battles against Sunni extremists

Hassan Nasrallah’s tribute to Hezbollah fighters

Journalist working with RT Arabic killed in Syria during ISIS shelling

Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters to participate in liberation of Tal Afar: Abadi

ISIL’s Centers in Deir Ezzur Receive Severe Blow in Syrian Armed Forces’ Attacks
Turkish Army Invades Two Villages in Northern Syria
Syrian Army Continues to Advance against Terrorists in Eastern Homs
Several Terrorists Killed, Wounded in ISIL’s Suicide Attack in Northern Syria
Syrian Soldiers Impose Control over Terrorists’ Main Supply Line in Deir Ezzur
Syrian Army Inches Closer to Raqqa’ Border with Deir Ezzur Province
Senior Al-Nusra Commander Killed in Syrian Army Attack in Hama Province
ISIL Executes More Civilians in Deir Ezzur Following Rapid Advances of Syrian Army in Region