A Syria war monitor said on Wednesday that pro-government forces repelled an attack by US-backed fighters in Deir Ezzor province, a day after deadly clashes in the eastern region bordering Iraq.The flare-up comes amid a major offensive launched last week by the “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS) and allied factions on government-controlled areas in the country’s north.The renewed violence in conflict-wracked Syria has killed hundreds and seen second city Aleppo slip from the government’s hands.In the area of clashes in Deir Ezzor, partially controlled by the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a “cautious calm” prevailed on Wednesday after regime forces staved off the advance of SDF-allied fighters, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The clashes since Tuesday morning, accompanied by US airstrikes, were in a cluster of seven government-controlled villages located