Kurdish forces seize Syria's Deir ez-Zor countryside from IS
Syrian Kurdish forces and Arab allies have fully captured Syria's eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside from the Islamic State, the Kurdish YPG militia said. The operation to liberate the region was carried out with the help of both the US-led coalition and Russia, it added. Backed by the US, the YPG had also helped in liberating ISIS' erstwhile capital Raqqa.