<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" id="mwAaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Democratic_Forces" id="mwAa0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian Democratic Forces">Syrian Democratic Forces</a> (SDF) resumes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_campaign_(2017–2019)" id="mwAa4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)">Deir ez-Zor campaign</a> in order to clear the remnants of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" id="mwAa8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a> (ISIL) from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq–Syria_border" id="mwAbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iraq–Syria border">Iraq–Syria border</a>.<sup about="#mwt139" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-25"}}' id="cite_ref-25" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_1#cite_note-25" id="mwAbE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 25;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAbI">[25]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt143" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-26"}}' id="cite_ref-26" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_1#cite_note-26" id="mwAbM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 26;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAbQ">[26]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-25"><cite about="#mwt136" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB8Q"><a class="external text" href="http://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/1518421/military-strikes-continue-against-daesh-terrorists-in-iraq-and-syria/" id="mwB8U" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Military Strikes Continue Against Daesh Terrorists in Iraq and Syria"</a>. <i id="mwB8Y">Centcom.mil</i>.</cite><span about="#mwt136" class="Z3988" id="mwB8c" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Centcom.mil&amp;rft.atitle=Military+Strikes+Continue+Against+Daesh+Terrorists+in+Iraq+and+Syria&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.centcom.mil%2FMEDIA%2FPRESS-RELEASES%2FPress-Release-View%2FArticle%2F1518421%2Fmilitary-strikes-continue-against-daesh-terrorists-in-iraq-and-syria%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+1"></span></span>