Abdullah also pointed out to the defeats the IS militants are suffering in Deir al-Zour by the hands of the Syrian government forces and their Iranian-backed allies.
"The battles of Deir al-Zour, more specifically in the city of Bukama in that province's countryside, will be the last offensive against the IS, as it's their last stronghold in Syria," he said.
The importance of Deir al-Zour militarily is its proximity to Iraq, where the Iraqi forces are closing in on the IS in areas under their control on the Iraqi-Syrian border.
"If the Iraqi army moves in against the IS in the border region, the battle in Syria will take hours before the IS is completely defeated," Abdullah noted.
After ending the IS in Deir al-Zour, the group will be completely eradicated in Syria, and the focus will be shifted toward the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, the second terror-designated group in Syria, which is largely based in the northwestern province of Idlib, Abdullah added.
He noted that the situation between the U.S.-backed SDF, which is an alliance of Kurds, Arabs and Assyrian fighters led by the Kurdish YPG group, and the Russian-backed Syrian army will be discussed in terms of the areas under the SDF control in northern Syria.
He expected that the situation between both sides will be discussed politically, as the SDF and the Kurdish fighters, in general, are fighting to establish a federal rule in northern Syria, a matter Damascus said negotiable.
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