The death of 9 ISIS members in heavy targeting by the Coalition in the vicinity of an oilfield raises to 25, the number of its casualties who were killed in about 12 hours in aerial bombardment on its last enclave
Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that at least 9 members of the “Islamic State” organization were killed as a result of intensive strikes carried out by the International Coalition warplanes today evening, Tuesday the 20th of November 2018, on areas in the vicinity of Al-Tank Oilfield targeting vehicles of the organization that tried to attack the oilfield, where the vehicle was watched being destroyed and caught fire as a result of the International Coalition’s strikes, raising to 25, the number of casualties in the ranks of the Islamic State organization, who were killed by the International Coalition warplanes today, Tuesday, as a result of strikes on Hajin and the enclave which is controlled by the organization, as well as other areas in the vicinity of Al-Tank Oilfield, while the Syrian Observatory monitored in the recent hours, that the warplanes returned to target areas in Hajin and its vicinity, which resulted in the outbreak of fire in the areas of shelling and destruction to the infrastructure and property.
And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to 650, the number of fighters of the “Islamic State” organization who have been killed in the shelling, clashes, detonations, and raids within ISIS last enclave since the 10th of September 2018, and the Syrian Observatory monitored today at 3:00 pm, the entry of a column of the International Coalition of 7 Hummer vehicles, to the contact lines with the organization’s enclave, while 9 other vehicles were monitored leaving the same front, at the same time, also, the reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the vicinity of Al-Tank Oilfield, where a base of the Syria Democratic Forces is located including advisors of the International Coalition, is witnessing intensive bombardment at the moment by the International Coalition warplanes, where vehicles of the organization was watched being destroyed by the International Coalition’s strikes, where reliable sources suggested that the shelling targeted vehicles of the organization that attacked the vicinity of the oilfield, amid confirmed information about the fall of casualties in the ranks of the organization.
The Syrian Observatory published less than 24 hours ago, that it monitored a new attack by members of the “Islamic State” organization on positions of the Syria Democratic Forces at the outskirts of Hajin town within the organization’s enclave in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, in a repeated attack for the second consecutive day after the organization’s attacks yesterday, Sunday, while the clashes are accompanied by ongoing aerial and rocket shelling, where the International Coalition warplanes are continuing to target ISIS positions and areas within the last enclave it controls on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, also the SDF are continuing their rocket strikes on the positions of the organization, the Coalition warplanes also bombed ISIS-held areas east of Al-Tank Oilfield, while the Coalition’s strikes on the organization’s controlled areas caused destruction to several shops and citizens’ property in Al-Sha’afah and Al-Susah, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that the last enclave controlled by the “Islamic State” organization in the in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor on the east banks of Euphrates River; is witnessing continuous aerial and missile bombardments, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the International Coalition warplanes carrying out occasional airstrikes targeting sites and points of the organization in the area, in conjunction with rocket shelling carried out by the Syria Democratic Forces on places in the enclave, while preparations continue by the last mentioned to begin the major military operation that aim to end the “Islamic State” Organization in the area, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from reliable sources who confirmed that a column had entered about 72 hours from now to the contact area with the last enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization, and in the details obtained the Syrian Observatory: a column of Arab Forces of a Gulf country arrived at 6 a.m. and exited at 4 p.m. from the contact area with the Organization, at the east banks of Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where vehicles different from the vehicles of the International Coalition were seen driven by Arabic-speaking drivers, and until now the reasons for the visit and its entere for the area were not known; whether it was a visit or preparations for an Arab participation in the military operations against the “Islamic State” Organization east of Euphrates, also the Syrian Observatory learned that a column of the International Coalition composed of a military car and 6 American Hummer vehicles entered at 4:00 a.m. Sunday the contract area; followed by the entry of a column of 11 similar vehicles to the front area, then followed by the exit of the column that entered at dawn, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the warplanes since 23:30 on Saturday night, the 17th of November until 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, bombing the enclave that is under the control of the “Islamic State” Organization, then they stopped bombing, but the warplanes resumed shelling from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and confirmed information about casualties in the ranks of ISIS in its last enclave east of Euphrates River.