The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

4 days of fierce fighting on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River claims the lives of more than 150 fighters and members of SDF and the organization along with fears over the abductees’ lives

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continued fighting at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, between the “Islamic State” organization which fights to prevent the process of clamping down on it, tearing it apart and forcing it to choose either death or surrender, against the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition that aim to end the presence of the organization completely in the area, where the fierce fighting is continuing in its 5th consecutive day, accompanied by heavy artillery and rocket shelling by hundreds of missiles and hundreds of artillery and rocket shells, as well as tens of airstrikes, which forced the organization to leave many positions of those it lost and withdrew towards its areas of power in the last enclave it controls, while the clashes are continuing to recover the few remaining posts and to advance into it and into other posts to clamp down on the organization, while the exchange of shelling, detonations and targeting between the both parties, resulted in the fall of more human losses and caused further destruction to the property, within the enclave under the control of the organization.

The Syrian Observatory documented the rise of death toll in the ranks of the both parties, raising in 4 days of violent fighting and heavy shelling, to 61 at least, the number of members and fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces, while at least 83 of ISIS members have been killed, including 11 suicidal bombers blew themselves up using explosive belts, and more than 160 were injured of both sides, in addition to 10 people the Organization executed within the enclave it controls, thus, it rose to at least 348, the number of ISIS members who were killed in the ongoing clashes and the Coalition’s strikes, while 200 members at least have been killed of the Syria Democratic Forces since the start of military operations on the 10th of September 2018, one of whom has served as a field commander in Deir Ezzor Military Council of the Syria Democratic Forces, while the death toll is expected to increase due to the presence of information about other casualties as well as the presence of injured cases in serious conditions, the Syrian Observatory also documented the death of 7 citizens they are: 2 child girls were killed in shelling by the SDF on ISIS enclave, and the rest were killed in shelling by the International Coalition on the same enclave.

And the Syrian Observatory published today morning, that these clashes are coincided with the escalated fears over the lives of the 130 families that include more than 90 women, who were kidnapped by the organization from Al-Bahra Camp in the vicinity of the enclave it controls east of the Euphrates, where there are fears of carrying out mass or individual executions against them, by the organization, which executed 10 members of the SDF 2 days ago, of those who were captured during the battles that took place in the past 4 days, while intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that forces of Deir Ezzor Military Council of the Syria Democratic Forces; are positioning in the first lines in the confrontation of the “Islamic State” Organization, after the withdrawal of YPG and replacing them by al-Sh’aytat and then the withdrawal of the latter, and that’s when Deir Ezzor Military Council positioned on the contact lines with the ISIS-controlled enclave, which planted the enclave with mines intensely, including the laser mines that strained the attacking and advancing forces and caused significant casualties, where the sources confirmed that the mines and their sensitivity and intensity in the last enclave of the Organization have injuring tens of fighters of varying severity and caused amputations for some of them, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from several reliable sources that tens of members of the “Islamic State” Organization have infiltrated from the last enclave of ISIS east of Euphrates to the western bank of the river, where the areas there are controlled by the regime forces, the Iranian forces, and their loyal gunmen, and that they are monitored and tolerated by the International Coalition Forces who are attacking the last enclave of the Organization, while the Syrian Observatory monitored the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition transferring tens of people and families to al-Bahra camp, which consists of tens of tents in the countryside of the Hajin town, which was established by SDF and the Coalition to accommodate the displaced families and families of members of the “Islamic State” Organization, where it is expected for the displaced people to be accommodated in the camp in the next few days, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from reliable sources who confirmed that more than 100 members of the internal Kurdish security forces “Asayish”; went to Hajin town and around it; to hold the control of points in the area after the advancement of the Syria Democratic Forces there.