Syrian rebels say they take control of the eastern city of Deir Ezzor

Beirut:

Syrian rebels that President Bashar al-Assad deposited on Tuesday said they had taken the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, while a war monitor confirmed that the Kurdish troops had withdrawn.

“Our troops have taken the entire city of Deir Ezzor,” the rebels said in a statement, while the war monitor of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Kurdish troops had withdrawn to other places.

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