To show its strength… ISIS crucifies 8 bodies of regime forces in 6 areas east of Deir Ezzor

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights observed that the “Islamic State” organization hung several bodies in several villages at the countryside of Deir Ezzor and in the details documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the “Islamic State” organization and in conjunction with its execution for 3 members of the regime forces at al-Fayha’a Square in al-Bokamal city in the countryside of Deir Ezzor by knives and then crucifying them, it spread the bodies of 5 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian nationality, and crucified them at the bridges of Salhiya village, Abbas village, Train Station in Hasrat village, and in the roundabout of al-Sekkariyyeh village and the entrance of al-Jala’a town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, one body was crucified in each area while those who were executed were crucified in al-Bokamal city.

Reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the members who were executed by the organization were captured within the last 24 hours in the area of Wadi Al-Wa’er and its Dam on the administrative border between the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor and the countryside of Homs near the Syrian-Iraqi border, also the five dead bodies were taken from the same place, where the organized carried out this attack on the area to show its presence and strength, and to send a message to the public opinion and to its supporters that it is still capable of carrying out attacks that will kill and injurie members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.

The violent clashes were concentrated in the last 48 hours in the deserts of al-Sukhnah and Palmyra and in the eastern countryside of Hama and near the administrative border of Deir Ezzor and Homs, where the clashes were accompanied by an exchange of heavy shelling between both parties and bombardment of warplanes, and the most violent clashes were concentrated in areas in the countryside of Salamiyah city, and other areas near the Syrian-Iraqi border. The bombing, exchange of shelling and the clashes between both parties caused more human losses in the ranks of both parties, where it has risen to at least 40 including at least 3 officers, 2 of them are Brigadier-General, the number of members of the regime forces and their allied militiamen of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, who were killed in the last 48 hours in the shelling and the clashes in areas in the desert of Palmyra, the administrative border of Homs –  Deir Ezzor  and the eastern countryside of Hama, while it has risen to at least 29, the number of members of the organization who were killed in the shelling and clashes that took place in these areas during the same period.