The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Israeli warplanes renew their targeting for the regime forces in the countryside of Quneitra.

Al-Quneitra Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that Israeli warplanes targeted the regime forces in the area of Eastern Samadaniyah in the countryside of Quneitra, where the targeting damage and destroyed mortar launchers, but no information about casualties, it is noteworthy that the Syrian Observatory published on Monday the 26th of June 2017, that the number of casualties in the ranks of the regime forces continue to rise as a result of the successive Israeli strikes targeting positions and vehicles of the regime forces and their allied militiamen. The SOHR documented the death of at least 4 members of the regime forces and their allied militiamen and the injury of others, with various degrees of severity, as a result of three rounds of Israeli shelling during the last 48 hours. Since the afternoon of Saturday, the 24th of June till today the 26th, the Israeli jets have been targeting positions and armored vehicles of the regime forces in Al-Quneitra countryside and near Al-Ba’ath city.

These successive targeting come in conjunction with clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions in areas in the vicinity of Khan Arnaba town and al-Baath city, after an attack started by the factions on Saturday, and managed to control several sites and points used to be controlled by the regime forces, who restarted their offensive and regain most of these points, where the clashes accompanied with violent exchange of shelling between both parties, causing significant number of casualties in the ranks of both parties, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of about 30 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, the rebel and Islamic factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham during the continuous clashes since Saturday afternoon.