The “Race for Raqqa” might have long been over ever since the
Kurdish-led “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) reached the northern edge
of Daesh’s so-called “capital” a few
months ago, but that didn’t mean that the battle for northeastern Syria
was anywhere close to finished. So long as the besieged desert town of
Deir ez-Zor remained under the terrorists’ occupation and the small
contingent of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) troops heroically held out there
for the past couple of years, then Damascus always had a shot at
regaining most of its sovereignty in this corner of the country. [ 491
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