The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

72 hours after violent fighting west of the Euphrates…exchange of shelling witnessed between the regime forces and their allies against the organization between the both eastern and western banks of the River

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored shelling by the regime forces on the controlled areas of the “Islamic State” organization, at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, and in the details monitored by the Syrian Observatory; the regime forces shelled areas in Al-Susah and Al-Baghuz towns in ISIS last enclave, at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, followed by targeting by the organization on the regime’s controlled areas in Al-Sokkariyeh area adjacent to Al-Bokamal city, and no information was reported about human losses, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 14th of November 2018, that it monitored rocket shelling carried out by the regime forces and the Iranian Forces on Wednesday evening, the 14th of November 2018, targeted places in Hajin town which is controlled by the “Islamic State” Organization at the eastern bank of Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where this shelling comes as a response or retaliation for the attack carried out by ISIS hours ago on positions of the Iranians, the regime forces, and their allies on the west bank of Euphrates River.

And the Syrian Observatory published at that day, that the Syrian Observatory monitored violent clashes in areas in the desert of al-Dwayr village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor on the west bank of Euphrates River, between the Iranian Forces and the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities; against the “Islamic State” organization, in a sudden attack carried out by members of the organization on sites of the regime forces and their allies, amid exchange of targeting and shelling, and confirmed information about casualties in the ranks of both parties, while these attacks come in spite of the large fortifications that the Iranian Forces and the regime forces are carrying out and their securing of their positions, where the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the Iranian Forces in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor at the west bank of Euphrates River; continue to fortify their positions and points in anticipation of any counterattacks by the Islamic State organization against the Iranian Forces and the regime forces and their allies there, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the Iranian Forces continuing planting IEDs and mines along the west bank of Euphrates River -where they are located,- as part of their fortifications to reduce the frequency of attacks by the Organization through crossing the Euphrates river from the east bank -where its enclave is located- to the west bank, also this fortification process comes with anticipation to launch the major ground operation of SDF east of Euphrates, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 5th of November 2018, that since losing its strategic control on the road of Tehran – Beirut in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor on the western banks of Euphrates River, in December 2017; the “Islamic State” Organization has not stopped threatening the regime forces and their allies of the Iranian Forces, the Palestinian, Lebanese, Iraqi, Afghan, Syrian and Asian militias who are present in the entire western line of Euphrates, the threat took the form of artillery and ground attacks targeted the regime forces and its allies, or through ground attacks monitored by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in which the “Islamic State” Organization moves from the eastern banks of Euphrates River, coming from its last pocket east of the river to the west bank of the river, and it comes every time from an area trying to bluff the regime forces and their allies, and despite their surveillance of the river they were not able to stop these attacks, which cause large numbers of casualties and wounded each time, also the Organization was able to make a road for itself to exit towards the Syrian Desert, in which the Organization has a large enclave in addition to positions scattered within the Syrian Desert on the administrative border between Deir Ezzor and Homs.