Syria Democratic Forces reach to an area of 15 km away from Deir Ezzor borders with Iraq and become less than 20 km away from Al-Bukamal

Deir Ezzor province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:: military operations of the Syria Democratic Forces are still taking place in the part located east of the Euphrates River in the eastern part of Deir Ezzor province. The SOHR learned that violent clashes are taking place between the US-backed SDF against members of ISIS, and cross sources asserted to the SOHR that the SDF managed to advance in Al-Shuhail town and controlled a village near it, and the forces began sweeping it, in conjunction with declining in the vicinity of Abu Hammam town, following their advance in the town yesterday.

In another front in the eastern part of Deir Ezzor, reliable sources asserted to the SOHR that the SDF managed to advance in the desert, and reached Al-Kashma field near Al-Kashma village, coming from Al-Tanak oil field. There is confirmed information about the SDF controlling it, and starting a sweeping operation in the field, and therefore the SDF also managed to reach an area 20 km away from Al-Bukamal city, and an areas of about 14 km away from the borders of the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor with Iraq.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 13th of November that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the violent clashes are continuing in the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, between the forces of “Al-Jazeera Storm” operation against the fighters of the “Islamic State” organization, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the SDF which lead the operation backed by the International Coalition, managed to achieve new and important advancement, and they took the control of Al-Shahil town and the nearby village of Al-Zar, thus, they advanced greatly on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, and as a result they minimized ISIS scope of control in the area.

These clashes were accompanied by intensive and violent shelling by the SDF on the controlled areas of the organization and its position, while the organization fought desperately during the last night, to repel the advancement of the SDF, and to prevent them to take the control of the town, and information about confirmed casualties in the ranks of the both parties, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday the 12th of November 2017, that he SDF managed to achieve important advancement and they completely took the control of Al-Busayrah Township which is one of the most important areas which used to be controlled by the organization, thus, the organization is continuing to lose more areas remaining under its control in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored on Saturday the 11th of November 2017,  that the clashes turned from the villages and the towns at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River,  in which the SDF which lead “Al-jazeera Storm” Operation, managed to strike Al-Busayrah Township, and took the control of parts of this strategic township, which is one of the most important centers that are still controlled by the organization in the Syrian territory, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the 11th of November 2017, that the SDF managed to impose their control over Abriha village which is near Al-Busayrah Township, and this control came after violent fighting during which the organization was forces to withdraw from the area, and information about confirmed casualties in the ranks of the both parties, as a result of the exchange of shelling and the clashes between them, and with this advancement, the SDF have taken the control of the entire east of the Euphrates from the northwestern administrative borders of Deir Ezzor with Al-Raqqah Province, down to the area opposite the al-Sh’aytat desert east of the Euphrates, which includes the largest oilfield in Syria: al-Omar oilfield, and the largest plant and gas field in Syria: Koniko field, and the fields of al-Tank, Sijan and al-Jufrah, and the villages and towns of al-Sabkha, al-Sor, Jdid Ekydat, Jdid Bakara, al-Kubar, Mhimideh, al-Sa’wa, Z’eir Jzira, al-Kasra, and other areas stretching from the north of Deir Ezzor city until the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 8th of November 2017 that the Syria Democratic Forces who leading the “Jazeera Storm” Operation supported by the International Coalition were able to advance in the far southern countryside of Al-Hasakah, and took control of Markadah town, which used to be the last town controlled by the “Islamic State” organization in Al-Hasaka Province, and with this, the organization loses its presence in the entire towns of the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah, and now ISIS controls only villages, farms and hills in the southern countryside of the Hasakah.