On August 20, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) liberated the key held village
of Humaymah, which had been controlled by ISIS near the Iraqi border.
The SAA allegedly lost a bulldozer and
an unknown number of fighters during the clashes for the area. On August
21, government troops continued operations in order to seize the T2
pumping station that remained that last valuable ISIS strong point in
this part of the administrative border between the provinces of Homs
and Deir Ezzor.