The advance of opposition groups in Syria continues. The opposition groups have liberated Deir ez-Zor, which was under the control of the terrorist organization PKK/YPG, from the terrorist organization. STATEMENT FROM SECURITY SOURCESWhile the opposition shared images from the governor's office, the local population and opposition soldiers celebrated. Security sources stated, "Deir ez-Zor city center has been completely captured by the opposition as of 21:30." THE REGIME LEFT IT TO THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ON ITS WAY OUTThe army of the collapsing regime withdrew some of its forces stationed in Deir ez-Zor province, near the Iraqi border, on December 6, leaving the provincial center to the occupation of the terrorist organization PKK/YPG. DEVELOPMENTS IN SYRIAOn November 27, clashes began between the Assad regime forces and anti-regime armed groups in the western countryside of Aleppo province in northern Syria. On November 30, anti-regime groups took control of most of the center of Aleppo from regime forces and established dominance throughout Idlib province on the same day. After intense clashes, the groups captured the city center of Hama from regime forces on December 5. Anti-regime groups began to advance by capturing some settlements in the strategically important Homs province, which opens to the capital Damascus. Military opposition forces launched an operation in Daraa province, near the Jordanian border, on December 6, and after clashes, they regained control of the provincial center from regime forces. All of the Suwayda province in the south of the country also came under the control of opposition groups on December 7. On the same day, local opposition forces in Quneitra also secured control of the provincial center. Groups advancing against Assad regime forces southwest of Damascus entered the southern suburbs of the capital on December 7. In Homs province, which opens to the capital, anti-regime forces had taken control of the city center on December 7. In the "Operation Dawn of Freedom" launched by the Syrian National Army against the terrorist organization PKK/YPG in the rural areas of Aleppo on December 1, the district center of Tel Rifaat was liberated from terrorism.
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