The Syrian war and the IS resurgence in Deir Ez Zor, October 2018. Tim Tufuga
(Al Jazeera) There is a strong resurgence of ISIS militancy in the Deir Ez Zor region in Syria, with over 60 Kurdish fighters within the Syrian Democratic Front (SDF) supported by US Special Forces having been KIA. Operation Inherent Freedom has run into a roadblock with very strong resistance by the IS Sunni fighters. The war against the IS is far from being eliminated because it is not about a particular foreign contrived Islamic State that is continuing the war in the region its an overtly Sunni Jihad against the Kurds and their allies. In this instance, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are not overtly contributing to the extermination of the IS menace, since many of the Fedayeen are Sunni mercenaries who are supported unofficially by Sunni nations. This support is primarily through turning a blind eye on the movements of IS forces in areas of influence by Sunni spheres of influence in the Rojava region and southward towards Deir Ez Zor. In the meantime, the unofficial military material...