The regime forces and their allies continue their military operations against the organization in Rif Dimashq Desert

Rif Dimashq Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the desert of Rif Dimashq at the administrative border with Al-Suwaidaa countryside, is witnessing continuation of the military operations of the regime forces and the Lebanese Hezbollah against the “Islamic State” organization, seeking for ending its presence and force it to surrender, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continued violent clashes in places in Tlul Al-Safa area, where the organization is fortified, and the battles are accompanied by ongoing rocket shelling, amid information about human losses in the ranks of the both parties, and the Syrian Observatory published today morning, that the clashes continue with varying frequency of violence, between the regime forces, the militiamen loyal to them, and the Lebanese Hezbollah against the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in Rif Dimashq about 50 km away of al-Tanf base, in a continuous attempt by the regime forces and their allies to clamp down on ISIS members in order to end its presence, the continuous military operations of the regime forces are accompanied by rocket shelling carried out occasionally targeting sites of the organization, and information about more casualties in the ranks of both parties, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that the desert of Rif Dimashq at the administrative border with al-Suwaidaa countryside, is witnessing the continuation of violent clashes in its areas, between the “Islamic State” organization against the regime forces supported by their loyal gunmen and the Lebanese Hezbollah, where the clashes are concentrated in Tlul al-Safa in a continuation of military operations by the regime forces and their allies in order to end the presence of the “Islamic State” Organization, and the ongoing military operations resulted in the fall of more human losses in the ranks of the both parties.

Where it rose to 253, the number of ISIS members who have been killed in the bombings, shelling and clashes since the 25th of July 2018, while at least 123 members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them were killed in the same period, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented since the attack of ISIS in Al-Suwaidaa countryside on the 25th of July 2018, the death of about 142 citizens including 38 women and children, in addition to the killing of 116 people, the majority of whom were of the gunmen villagers who carried the gun to repel the organization’s attack, and a 19-year-old boy was executed by ISIS after being kidnapped along with about 30 others, and a woman died when she was held by ISIS in conditions that still vague so far.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also published on the 15th of September 2018, that it monitored the rise of discontent among people of al-Suwaidaa Province, and among families of the abducted people who are waiting for the regime, the Russians, and the negotiating committees to find a solution that would lead to the release of the abductees, who are still being held for the 52nd Day by the “Islamic State” Organization, which carried out the heaviest and most violent attack in al-Suwaidaa Province on the 25th of July 2018, back then it managed to attack villages located on the first populated line which is adjacent to al-Suwaidaa Desert and attacked al-Suwaidaa city as well, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored accusations by families of the kidnapped people and residents of al-Suwaidaa Province against the first negotiating Committee, which is composed of several personalities who are in Syria and Turkey, some of whom are in contact with Kinanah Hwyja and the press office of the Palace of Bashar Assad, and accusations against the Russians and the regime; of not making any serious movement in the negotiations as well as obstructing and impeding the advancement of the negotiations, also the people accused the regime and the Russians of trying to pressure people of west to volunteer in the ranks of the regime forces; through the kidnapped people who are about 30 children and women, the where the regime forces still need many more people to launch Idlib Battle, and these accusations coincide with the continuation of the military operation by the regime forces, without taking into account the safety of abductees or the reactions of the “Islamic State” organization towards the advancement operation within its last strongholds in Rif Dimashq countryside on the border with al-Suwaidaa countryside, in addition to people’s doubts about how their kidnapped ones appeared in the videos, where the people are skeptical about how the videos and pictures reach public opinion without the “Islamic State” organization claiming responsibility of them, also the tension, suspicion, and resentment embodied by accusations comes against the regime, the Russians, and the negotiating committees; after the abductees appeared in a new video of which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received a copy of, the copy of the video showed the kidnapped people of al-Suwaidaa who are about 30 children and citizen women, of whom a 19-year-old boy was executed in addition to the death of a woman in mysterious circumstances, and one of the abducted women said in the video: “We are the prisoners of the Islamic State, we are all fine and no one is harmed among us, but no one is working to release us, neither the regime nor Russia, and we wish that those who see this video work in our cause and release us as soon as possible.”