IFP- After the ISIS terrorists opened the dam�s gates, the Euphrates River�s water has risen to the highest level in the past 25 years.

According to a Farsi report by IRNA, the water level is as high as 10 metres in certain areas, and such a level is unprecedented in decades.

The terrorists have declared they have left the gates open for fear of the US-led coalition�s bombs that may break the dam.

Thousands of hectares of fields have been flooded in both sides of the river from Raqqa to Deir ez-Zor.

Many little islands in the Euphrates and tens of pumps installed around the river have been drowned according to a Syrian official in Raqqa.

The report came after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced their forces have closed in on Tabqa Dam thanks to the US-led coalition�s air cover.

�Our forces today liberated the Suwaydiya town from ISIS. We are currently approaching the strategic Tabqa Dam,� Abdullah al-Ahmadi, an SDF officer, told ARA News.

�Soon we�ll attack ISIS at the key dam in order to cut off a main ISIS supply line between the town of Tabqa and Raqqa city,� al-Ahmadi said.

Khaled Hussein, an SDF fighter, also confirmed the route. �We are now very close to taking the Tabqa Dam from ISIS,� he said.

�The Syrian Democratic Forces YPG and YPJ are prepared to storm the dam and liberate it from ISIS,� Hussein said.