The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

12 casualties at least and a large number of injuries in raids by warplanes on the eastern banks of Euphrates as “Jazeera Storm” Operation continues

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that warplanes believed to be belong to the International Coalition targeted during the hours of last night areas in Mazloum village at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that 7 citizens at least were killed as a result of these airstrikes, which also injured people and some of them are still in serious condition, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that warplanes believed to belong to the International Coalition targeted the towns of Hatlah and Khasham and other areas in al-ShHil, killing 4 citizens in Khasham and one man in Hatlah, and also injuring a large number of people in these areas, where all of them are located on the eastern banks of the Euphrates river, and these villages and towns are between 4 km and 35 km away from the clashing area between the forces of Deir Ezzor Military Council with YPG and US Special Forces against members of the “Islamic State” organization, in al-Ma’aamel area north of Deir Ezzor city and east of the Euphrates River, in which the “Jazeera Storm” Operation Forces are trying to achieve more advancement in the area, after being able to reach an area about 6 km away of the eastern banks of Euphrates River opposite to Deir Ezzor city.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that warplanes likely to related to the International Coalition, targeted the Shehabat area which is near Al-Salhiyyeh village in the east of the Euphrates River during the night, which resulted in the death and injury of a large number of people, and reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that these strikes killed 12 members of one family, including 3 adults citizen girls and 5 children, while the strikes caused wounded, some of them are from the same family, including children and citizen women, the death toll is still likely to rise due to the presence of injuries in serious cases,  and after this massacre the number of casualties who were killed last night and today dawn, has increased to 15 persons including 6 children and three citizen women, and they were the first casualties who died since the start of “Jazeera Storm” operation led by the Deir Ezzor Military Council supported by the US Special Forces and the YPG and the warplanes of the International Coalition, on the 9th of September 2017, which aims to control the east of the Euphrates River and the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah.