Deir-ez Zor: The US-backed terrorist organization PKK/YPG has launched an offensive to drive Bashar al-Assad regime forces and Iran-backed groups out of seven villages in Syria's Deir-ez Zor province east of the Euphrates river. According to Anadolu Agency, PKK/YPG terrorists supported by the US launched a three-pronged early morning offensive on Tuesday against Assad regime forces and Iran-backed groups in the villages of Murrat, Hashsham, Mazlum, Tabiyye, Husseiniyye, Al-Salihiyah, and Hatla in Deir-ez-Zor, where clashes are still ongoing. Iranian-backed groups have a significant presence in the region, stretching from Deir-ez Zor's city center to the Al-Bukamal district near the Syrian-Iraqi border. Almost all of Deir-ez Zor's territory east of the Euphrates River is under the occupation of the US-backed PKK/YPG, while the Assad regime and Iran-backed groups maintain control over the provincial capital and other rural areas.