The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More casualties -mostly children and women- raise the number of victims of al-Taybah massacre east of Al-Mayadeen to 14 at least

Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the number of casualties continues to increase as a result of the massacre the was carried out by warplanes at the outskirts of Al-Mayadeen city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where it rose to 14 at least including 5 children under the age of eighteen and 4 citizen women over the age of eighteen, the number of people who were killed and documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in raids carried out by warplanes that were not yet known whether they belong to the Coalition or if they were Russian warplanes, they targeted al-Taybah area located east of Al-Mayadeen city, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation.

It is noteworthy that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a change earlier, through the exchange of roles between the Coalition and the Russians, where the forces of International Coalition have halted their raids on the eastern countryside of Raqqa and parts of the northwestern countryside of Deir Ezzor, to be replaced by the Russian warplanes which have carried out tens of air raids targeting villages under the control the “Islamic State” organization in the southern bank of the Euphrates river, which extend from the east of Hwijat Shnan until the border with Deir Ezzor, since the 18th of July 2017, these raids have caused a massive displacement of tens of civilian families who were forced to flee as a result of the intensity of bombing and the constant destruction in the areas, under the pretext of “fighting the Islamic State organization”