The regime forces continue to target the south-west of Rif Dimashq as well as ongoing fighting in areas in this countryside

Rif Dimashq Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces are continuing their shelling on areas in Beit Jinn and its vicinity in the south-west of Rif Dimashq, amid continuation of clashes between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions, in the area of Tal Barda’iyyah in Sheikh Mountain, in the south-west of Rif Dimashq, and the the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that Rif Dimashq is witnessing continuation of the violent clashes in areas there, in which the clashes are still continuing between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, in Tal Barda’iyyah and other nearby areas in the south-west of Rif Dimashq, as a part of the ongoing operations in order to take the control of the area, by the regime forces and end the presence of the factions completely on the Syrian – Lebanese border, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that the area has witnessed bombardment by more than 40 missiles and explosive barrels, that targeted areas in the outskirts of Beit Jinn Farms and other areas in the south-west of Rif Dimashq, as well as violent fighting between the both parties, as a result of an attack by the regime forces, as a part of their efforts to end the presence of the factions in the rest of the Syrian – Lebanese border.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored regime’s helicopters dropping about 400 barrel bombs and hundreds of rocket and artillery shells targeting this area, since the 26th of September 2017, and the Syrian Observatory learned that the regime forces are trying through this intense shelling to prepare for a military operation to end the presence of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions in the rest of the Syrian-Lebanese border, and if they regain control of this area (which is about 150 square kilometers and includes the villages and towns of Beit Jenn, Beit Saber, Beit Tima, Kafr Hor, and other farms and residential gatherings), then they will have regained the entire west, southwest, north and northwest of Rif Dimashq, where there are still an area of about 8 km for fighters of the factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham on the Syrian – Lebanese border, including about 5.5 km along the border with Shebaa Farms, and the shelling was accompanied by several attacks by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them; during which they managed to regain control of a hill and sites were controlled by the factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham. During these clashes tens of fighters and members of both parties were killed, this process also comes as a continuation for the operations of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities and Hezbollah, witnessed by Al-Qalamoun during the past months, the latest of which was against Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and its allied Islamic factions, and also against the “Islamic State” organization in the western Qalamoun in the northwest of Rif Dimashq, which ended with displacements for thousands of civilians and members of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, the factions and the “Islamic State” organization to the Syrian north and Deir Ezzor Province.