US-backed Syrian Kurds seize control of Syria's Deir Ezzor, sources say

The US-backed Syrian Kurds have seized control of the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, two security sources tell Reuters.

“Syrian forces and their Iran-backed allies completely withdrew from areas they control in Deir Ezzor province and Kurdish forces are advancing towards their areas,” says Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Deir Ezzor province is split between Kurdish forces to the east of the Euphrates and Iran-backed Syrian government forces and allies to the west.

Beside Deir Ezzor, the Suadi news oulet Alhadath reports that Syrian rebels have also taken control of Albukamal on the Syria-Iraq border, thereby effectively cutting off the land supply line from Iran to Lebanon through Iraq and Syria.