The fighting that broke out Monday and left at least 40 people dead and dozens wounded in the eastern oil-rich province of Deir el-Zour was the worst in years. East Syria is where hundreds of U.S. troops have been based since 2015 to help battle IS militants.
Iraq and Syria. Local tribes are resisting the Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) campaign against the Deir ez Zor Military Council (DMC), which could enable ISIS to re-embed itself into in local Sunni Deir ez Zor tribes.
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The US-led coalition fighting the ISIS group called on Thursday for an end to clashes in northeast Syria, where the Kurdish-led force it backs has been locked in deadly fighting with Arab tribes. "The violence in northeast Syria must cease," the coalition said in a statement, saying that "distractions" from fighting ISIS sleeper cells risked a resurgence of the group. Clashes broke out on Sunday after the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces arrested Ahmad Al Khubail, alias Abu Khawla, who headed its Deir Ezzor Council.