The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Dozens of raids target Madan and the southern banks of Euphrates River as well as violent fighting and a booby trapped vehicle explosions near Ghanim Al-Ali town

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the Russian warplanes as well as regime’s warplanes carried out dozens of strikes during the past 24 hours on the areas which are located on the southern banks of the Euphrates River, and which extend between Ghanim Al-Ali town and Madan city, controlled by ISIS after the latest managed to regain control of the area few days ago, SOHR learned that the strikes are accompanied by violent clashes that are taking place since the dawn of today between regime forces and gunmen loyal to them and the Russian trained-and-armed clan forces on one hand, and the members of ISIS on the other, where violent clashes took place east of Ghanim Al-Ali town, accompanied by exploding booby trapped vehicles and explosive belts by the organization, which targeted positions of regime forces, in an attempt to achieve more advancement in the area, and confirmed information about casualties in the ranks of the both parties.