The Syrian armed forces control the area in pink; ISIS in grey.
The Syrian Army, with assistance from Russian and Iranian armed forces, today broke the two-year siege of the last substantial city controlled by ISIS in Syria, Deir ez-Zor on the Euphrates.
Update 5 September 2017: You heard it here first. As illustrated by this selfie, the forces of besieged and relieving units fraternized and celebrated the event.
Syrian, Russian, and Iranian troops join Brigade 137 at the gates of Deir ez-Zor.
Update 7 September 2017: Robert Fisk sees this victory of the Syrian army as putting the end of the war in Syria within reach.
Update 22 September 2017: Russian television takes a victory lap.
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