Dani Ellis @lapinesque.com · Dec 4

3. Khasham Pocket This is a small region East of the Euphrates that was nominally under SAA control since ISIS were pushed out. In reality it has been the main base of IRGC-backed groups that have been conducting regular raids and rocket attacks on the SDF and coalition bases. Image

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Dani Ellis · Dec 4

US CENTCOM, local tribes and Deir-ez-Zor Military Council (DMC) have all been pushing SDF HQ to authorise an operation to take it for several years now. Due to the delicate balance of power between SAA and SDF in North West, this was considered politically unwise.