ran and -Hizbullah slogans were chanted in a number of Syrian cities in response to Nasrallah's defense of the regime and his pictures were burned in Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria. Syrian protesters declared Friday "the day of the Guardians of the Homeland" —a reference to the Syrian armed forces—in an effort t

they get closer to encircling the city, the SDF is also planning the next phase of the operation in other ISIS-controlled areas such as neighboring Deir Ezzor province to the south. The U.S. is assisting the operation with airstrikes, which reportedly destroyed a pipeline near EFTA00690605 Raqqa, cuttin