Rebels seize strategic town in eastern Syria
BEIRUT, Nov 22 – Rebel fighters seized the town of Mayadeen in eastern Syria on Thursday, a monitoring group said, adding that a large area on the Syrian-Iraqi border is now under control of insurgents.
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“The area east of the city of Deir Ezzor, on the Iraqi border, is now the largest area in the whole country that is out of army control,” said Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman.
The oil and gas-rich area of Deir Ezzor is home to Sunni Muslim tribes whose ties extend across the border into Iraq.
“In that area of Syria, there are deep tribal loyalties, and fighters in western Iraq help the rebels fight the regime,” Abdel Rahman told AFP.Revolution is expensive, especially Syria, all the infrastructure have been destroyed! Revolutionary pump o!ut the oil and to sell! that would be great! Ofcourse any cost can not compare human cost.
