Siege of Deir Ezzor ended

Finally, the siege of Deir Ezzor by ISIS is at an end.

In a matter of months, the Syrian Arab Army has regained enormous swathes of territory from ISIS, from eastern Aleppo to As-Suknah to Deir Ezzor. ISIS now only exists in Syria in Raqqa, the countryside of Deir Ezzor and in the hearts and minds of those who experienced ISIS' tyrannical rule.

There is another half of the Deir Ezzor city to liberate. After that, the Syrian Arab Army is likely to drive ISIS to the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, before finally finishing off the terror organisation for good in Syria.

After regaining control of Deir Ezzor and after the Syrian Kurds have liberated the city of Raqqa, it is unlikely that ISIS will ever return to Syria in territorial form. ISIS will focus on Iraq and the Arabian Gulf, and Syria will have time to recover from the horrors of its civil war.