Rebel Tribal Fighters Expel ISIS from Large Areas of Deir Ezzor Province

Activists said that tribal fighters pushed ISIS militants out of the towns of Shaitat and Ashara in rural Deir Ezzor, forcing them to withdraw to Al Omar oil field. The clashes broke out after ISIS detained three young men near Shaitat and threatened to storm the town. The Syrian Coalition hails the popular uprising in Deir Ezzor against ISIS, noting that “this anticipated revolt comes in line with Syrians’ outright rejection of ISIS’s and its fanatic rule. They sent a message to ISIS that “though you managed to defeat some rebel battalions, you will not be allowed to dominate the Syrian people who vowed to make their bodies the bridge on which Syrians will cross to a free and democratic state. This uprising also sends a message to the world that there is no place in Syria for extremism and bigotry.” (Source: Syrian Coalition + LCC)