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SYRIAN WAR REPORT – JUNE 21, 2018: GOVERNMENT FORCES PRESSURE ISIS CELLS ON MULTIPLE FRONTS Fighters of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces have liberated the villages of Musaykah and al-Dallafa from militant groups in northeastern Daraa. Thus, they de-facto besieged the militant-held are of al-Lajat and cut off supply lines to it. According to pro-militant sources, at least 7 government fighters were killed and a vehicle and a battle tank were destroyed in the clashes. On June 19, units of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) attacked an SAA position in the area of al-Fukharah in northern Latakia. Nine soldiers and officers of the SAA were killed. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other militant groups continue to undermine a de-escalation zones agreement reached by Turkey, Iran and Russia in the Astana format.
