Regime forces advance in 6 areas and hills in the besieged circle in the eastern countryside of Hama and Homs
The besieged circle which is composed of the eastern countryside of Hama and the triangle of Shomariyyeh – Jeb al-Jarrah – Shaer Mountain, is witnessing continuous violent clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against members of the “Islamic State” organization in areas, in the eastern countryside of Salamiyah city in the eastern countryside of Hama, after a continuous attack by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in order to end the presence of the “Islamic State” organization in both areas, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the regime forces were able to advance in 6 villages and areas in addition to heights in the eastern countryside of Homs and Hama, the clashes were accompanied by shelling by the regime forces on the clash areas and raids by warplanes, and confirmed information about casualties in the ranks of both parties.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 15th of September 2017 that it rose to 407 at least, the number of casualties of both parties since the 3rd of September 2017 until the 15th of September 2017, where the organization’s death toll rose to 279 members, including about 21 members who blew themselves up in a booby-trapped vehicles and explosive belts, while it rose to 128, the number members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them who were killed in bombing and clashes, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received confirmed information that the “Islamic State” organization in the eastern countryside of Hama is keeping bodies and wounded of Russian forces who were killed and wounded in the eastern countryside of Hama, where the Russian forces are looking them.