The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The SDF achieve further advancement in the wake of heavy aerial and ground shelling by the International Coalition within the attempts to clamp down on ISIS even more and force it to surrender

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the military operations are still continuing at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored violent and heavy bombardment by the International Coalition warplanes on Rawda area and other areas in the enclave of the “Islamic State” organization, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where the bombardment started at 19:00 and lasted for about half an hour, amid violent clashes between the Syria Democratic Forces against the organization, in areas in the outskirts and vicinity of the enclave that ISIS controls, in the east of the Euphrates, and the Syrian Observatory learned that the SDF managed to achieve advancement into new positions and points, and held their control in them, in an attempt to clamp down on the organization even more in the area, and force it surrender, after the choice of easy fleeing from the enclave have been evaporated, and the clashes are accompanied by exchange of targeting in the clash areas between the both parties, while the clashes were also coincided with aerial and ground shelling by the International Coalition on the clash areas, and the SOHR monitored the entry of a column of the International Coalition composed of 9 Hummer vehicles and 2 military trucks to the areas of the front opposite ISIS controlled areas.

And the Syrian Observatory published today morning, Monday the 31st of December 2018, that it monitored new advancements by the SDF, with rocket and aerial preliminary shelling, represented by advancing into Al-Sha’afa village within ISIS last enclave east of the Euphrates, amid confirmed information about the fall of more human losses, and the SOHR published hours ago, that the military operations of the Syria Democratic Forces against the “Islamic State” Organization continue in its last enclave, on the east banks of Euphrates River, where violent clashes continue between both parties in places in the area, accompanied by airstrikes by the International Coalition warplanes every now and then, in conjunction with rocket shelling by the Syria Democratic Forces on the “Islamic State” organization’s areas, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of an International Coalition column of 9 Hummer vehicles and 2 military trucks to the contact areas on the morning of today, Sunday, followed by the exit of 7 Hummer vehicles and 2 military trucks on the afternoon of today as well, in the same context, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2 members of the Syria Democratic Forces by a mine explosion in the Organization’s enclave on Sunday morning, while others were wounded in the same explosion, also members of the organization were killed in the clashes.

And with the fall of more casualties it rose to 1056 the number of fighters of the “Islamic State” organization, who were killed in shelling, clashes, bombings, and raids within the enclave of the organization since the 10th  of September 2018, also it rose to about 567, the number members of the Syria Democratic Forces who were killed since the 10th of September 2018, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the Syria Democratic Forces being able to achieve the first 2 important advancement, the first in Abu Hasan village and the second is the control of al-Bukhatir village which are east of Hajin town, which was controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces before the US decision to withdraw from the area, and the Syrian Observatory published in the past 24 hours that the clashes continue between the Syria Democratic Forces against the “Islamic State” organization, in places within the last enclave of the “Islamic State” organization east of Euphrates River, in a continuous attacks by the Syria Democratic Forces in order to put an end to the presence of the Organization there, which is taking its last breath, while the clashes are accompanied by continuous rocket shelling targeting the enclave of the “Islamic State” organization, and the Syrian Observatory published during the past hours that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored continued clashes at violent pace, between the Syria Democratic Forces against members of the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in the outskirts of the enclave that is still under the control of the organization which lives its last days, after the violent attacks and the advancements achieved by the SDF, in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, where the SOHR monitored that the SDF managed to achieve advancement in positions and points in the organization’s enclave, as a part of process of clamping down on the organization even more, where more than 500 of ISIS members have fled since the US decision to withdraw its forces from the Syrian territory on the 19th of December 2018, while the clashes are accompanied by exchange of targeting in the clash areas, where the organization is fighting desperately to retain the last areas left under its control in the east of the Euphrates, stretching from the east of Abu Al-Hassan village to the Syrian – Iraqi border, and the Syrian Observatory published on Thursday, that it monitored intensive bombing by the International Coalition, since midnight of yesterday until now, targeting the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled areas, which is living its last days in its last enclave east of Euphrates, and in the last populated areas of towns and villages under its control in Syria, where the Syrian Observatory monitored intensive bombing by the International Coalition warplanes and artillery; on the last enclave of the Organization on the east bank of Euphrates River, which stretches from Abu Hasan village until the Syrian-Iraqi borders, amid clashes between the Syria Democratic Forces against the “Islamic State” Organization, in an attempt to achieve control over the entire enclave in the coming days, while intersected sources suggested for the Syrian Observatory that if the bombing continues in this way along with the exit of more civilians and families of ISIS members, and, members of the “Islamic State” organization hand themselves over; the existence of the Organization may end within days, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received confirmed information about the killing of more members of the Organization due to intense shelling and the clashes of varying violence, amid more advancement for the Syria Democratic Forces in points and areas in ISIS enclave, as the “Islamic State” organization lives its last days in the east of Euphrates area, and the Turkish Forces and their loyal factions are waiting at the border for the process of eliminating the Organization to end, in order for them to begin their military operation against the east of Euphrates area, and the areas that are controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces in Manbij and east of Euphrates.