SAA gained full control of Al-Baghiliyah district, located northeast of Deir ez-Zor, on Friday, coming face-to-face with the US-backed bandits on the west side of the Euphrates River. SAA has been focusing on clearing the east bank of the Euphrates from ISIS terrorists, while the US-backed "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF) have consolidated their control over the west. Despite the fact that a spokesman of the SDF has reportedly stated that SAA troops will not gain permission to cross the Euphrates in establishing control over the entirety of Deir ez-Zor province Syrian officials made it perfectly clear that Syria would not tolerate any challenge to the full and final cleansing of Syrian territory from the US Coalition-funded terrorist brigades and co-opted factions.