The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

After it killed about 35 members and injured tens others in the area…ISIS carries out violent attack in the vicinity of T2 Station at the border of Homs and Deir Ezzor

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that violent clashes are taking place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against the members of the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in the south-eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, at the administrative border with Homs, following a counter attack carried out by ISIS on the vicinity of T2 Station, where the organization detonated two booby trapped vehicles at least which targeted positions of the regime forces near the station, in an attempt by the organization to prevent the regime forces from achieving advancement in the south-eastern desert of Deir Ezzor, and clamp down on the organization by advancing and continuing blocking and wrapping operations in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, which witnessed today the return of escalating the bombing by the Russian warplanes as well as regime’s warplanes, on areas in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor in conjunction with carrying out tens of raids which targeted Deir Ezzor city coincided with the continuous clashes there, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the violent clashes which are accompanied by the exchange of violent shelling and the raids by the warplanes, left confirmed casualties in the ranks of the both parties.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on Friday, that the violent clashes continued since the dawn of today until the afternoon of Friday today, the 20th of October 2017, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that in the violent attack tens of members of the regime forces were killed and injured,  where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 14 members most of them were of non-Syrian nationalities, in addition to the injury  of 18 others with varying severity, also the organization managed to seize weapons and ammunition, and information about the withdrawal of members of the organization of the area which was controlled by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also documented on the 17th of October 2017 that the “Islamic State” organization carried out a violent attack on areas near the administrative borders between Homs and Deir Ezzor along the Syrian-Iraqi border, and the Syrian Observatory monitored the “Islamic State” organization being able to advance in the area of Wadi Al-Wa’er Dam forcing the regime forces to retreat and withdraw, after intense explosions and shelling which targeted regime forces’ position in the area.