Syria civil war: Last major IS town Albu Kamal 'captured'

Syrian pro-government forces in Deir al-Zour
Syrian pro-government forces captured the city of Deir al-Zour on Friday

 Syrian armed force and united powers have taken Albu Kamal, the last significant town held by purported Islamic State in the nation, genius government sources say.

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces likewise participated in the operation, near the outskirt between the two nations.

The two gatherings had been making critical additions against IS in their individual nations as of late.

The aggressors overran immense zones of both Syria and Iraq in the mid year of 2014, setting up a "caliphate".

An officer in the Syrian professional government military collusion stated, cited by Reuters: "The last fortification of Daesh (Islamic State], Albu Kamal, is free of the Daesh association."

Iraqi PM Haidar al-Abadi
The Iraqi prime minister joined troops in al-Qaim on Sunday to plant the national flag

 The officer said many individuals from the Iran-supported Lebanese Shia Hezbollah volunteer army had partaken in the battling.

Syrian state media have not yet affirmed the catch of Albu Kamal. Sana news office said Syrian and Iraqi powers had met on the fringe and the town had been encompassed.

Syrian powers caught the commonplace capital, Deir al-Zour, from IS on Friday. Later that day, Iraqi powers took al-Qaim, over the fringe.

The US-upheld Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have likewise been doing offensives in the territory. A month ago they caught IS's so called capital, Raqqa.

IS holds control over a few ranges of betray and towns close-by, and a couple of different pockets in both Iraq and Syria.

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