US-backed terrorists in Syria lose control of oil, gas, dam

The Syrian army on Sunday continued dashing the dreams of so-called autonomy of the U.S.-backed YPG, the Syrian wing of the terrorist group PKK. In the second major push in two weeks against the group, the army seized swathes of the country’s north, including al-Omar and Tanak oil fields, as well as the Euphrates Dam.

Military operations appear to be limiting the YPG’s movement in post-Assad Syria, where the group aspired to retain its “autonomy” in the northeast that lingered for more than a decade. Damascus hoped that the YPG would implement a March 2025 deal signed between its leader Ferhat Abdi Şahin and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa by the end of 2025. However, the YPG dragged its feet in its integration with the Syrian army under the deal and persisted in “decentralization.”

Government troops drove the YPG from two Aleppo neighborhoods last week and on Saturday took control of an area east of the city. On Sunday, the government announced the capture of Tabqa, about 55 kilometers (34 miles) west of Raqqa.

"The Syrian army controls the strategic city of Tabqa in the Raqqa countryside, including the Euphrates Dam, which is the largest dam in Syria," said Information Minister Hamza Almustafa, according to the official SANA news agency.

Anadolu Agency (AA), meanwhile, reported that part of Deir el-Zour province,