Only Two Options Left for Daesh

They can either flee to the Arabian Peninsula or pretend to be a "moderate" opposition and join the rebels.

He said: "[They] will either go somewhere in the direction of Arabia or join other armed groups and impersonate 'moderate opposition'." 

He believes: "Now [that the southern Syrian province of] Deraa has almost completely come under the control of government forces, therefore, [terrorists] will be squeezed into Jordan or further into Arabia." 

Earlier, the Russian Navy struck a number of Daesh targets near the Syrian city of Palmyra with Kalibr cruise missiles.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported: "The Russian Navy's Admiral Essen frigate and Krasnodar submarine performed a launch of four Kalibr cruise missiles from the eastern Mediterranean against the targets of the IS [Daesh] terrorist groups in the area of Palmyra. All intended targets have been struck."

The statement specified that "the US, Turkish and Israeli commanders were informed in a timely manner of the cruise missile launches through the operational channels of interaction."

Russian defense analyst Ivan Konovalov explained that the Kalibr airstrikes were aimed at preventing Daesh from creating obstacles in the way of the Syrian Arab Army's (SAA) advance on Deir ez-Zor.

He elaborated: "Daesh understands that they are likely to lose Raqqa, their de facto capital. They are determined to turn Deir ez-Zor into their new stronghold. This is why the areas around Palmyra are one of the most complex operational theaters. Using Kalibr missiles [to hit targets located] in this region was a reasonable move." 

He believes: "It is Palmyra that the SAA is planning to use to send its main force to lift the blockade of Deir ez-Zor and push Daesh out of the city." 

Meanwhile, Syrian government troops have regained control over the Damascus-Palmyra road and are now fighting terrorists near the town of Arak, the Homs Governorate and on the Palmyra-Deir-ez-Zor route under cover of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Since the beginning of the large-scale military operation in the east of the Homs province, the SAA have liberated more than one thousand square kilometers. Earlier it was reported that jihadists had fled the city of Homs which they had been holding since 2011.

"A few days ago, parts of the Syrian government forces reached the [Syrian-Iraqi] border and met with Iraqi border guards. This means that the control over a large portion of the border close to Deir ez-Zor will be restored [by the SAA] in the near future," Muravyev said.
 
"I think that we are witnessing the final act of this story: the Daesh militants are actively fleeing the region on the border of Syria and Iraq to avoid getting into a 'cauldron'," he concluded.