Hello and welcome to the 724th installment of the SWD .

Military events/news are listed below by the governorates:

Idlib:

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham arrested two elements of the Islamic State during raids in the village of Hazano in northern Idlib.

Deir al-Zour:

Syrian Democratic Forces are reportedly preparing for additional advances against the Islamic State on Al-Baghouz front, as the CJTF-OIR intensified shelling of the pocket.

Improvised explosive device killed one and wounded one civilian near the village of Al-Suwaiyah in eastern Deir al-Zour.

Approximate situation around Al-Baghouz. Source: Suriyak

Afghanistan

Balkh Province:

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) seized two Afghan National Security Forces’ posts in Chimtal district. Eight elements of the Afghan National Security Forces were killed and four were wounded in the encounters.

Maidan Wardak Province:

Afghan National Security Forces reportedly killed 17 and arrested three elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as well as destroyed five motorcycles and a vehicle in Saydabad and Jaghatu districts, according to the Afghan Ministry of Defense.

Ghazni Province:

Afghan National Security Forces reportedly killed 28, wounded one, and arrested two elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Muqur, Nawa, and Qarabagh districts, according to the Afghan Ministry of Defense.

Urozgan Province:

Afghan National Security Forces reportedly killed 23 elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in the province, according to the Afghan Ministry of Defense.

Helmand Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed two elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Sangin district.

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s snipers reportedly killed eight elements of the Afghan National Security Forces in Nad Ali and Marjah districts.

Approximate situation in Helmand province, HD version of this map can be found here. Source: Afganistan Bülteni

CJTF-OIR :

CJTF-OIR announced a change in their publishing policy. Now one strike report will be published each week on Mondays.

Amaq Agency:

Other:

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