US-backed force seizes major Syria gas plant

A US-backed militia has seized Syria's biggest pre-war gas treatment facility from the Islamic State group in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, a spokesman and monitor said Saturday."The Syrian Democratic Forces and the Deir Ezzor Military Council were able to take control of the Conoco plant in northern Deir Ezzor province after two days of clashes," SDF spokesman Talal Sello said in a statement.The advance in the resource-rich province was confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights