The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

ISIS defenses its last towns and villages remaining in an area of 19% in Deir Ezzor province

The regime forces expand and impose their control over about 43% of the province area supported by Russia, the Iraqi Popular Mobilization, the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Revolutionary Iranian Guards

After 17 weeks of clashes in Deir Ezzor province, started with the entry of the regime forces the administrative border of the province on the 27th of July 2017, until they managed with the support of the militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities to impose their control over Al-Bokamal city today, Monday the 20th of November 2017, side by side with the fighting against the “Islamic State” organization by the Syria Democratic Forces which lead “Al-Jazeera Storm” Operation, which they declared about at the end of the first third of September 2017, in which they led those clashes against the largest and the last are of the organization in the Syrian territory.

This fighting contributed to the change of the map of the conflicting forces control inside Deir Ezzor province, which are the “Islamic State” organization, the Syria Democratic Forces, and the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Revolutionary Iranian Guards, since the fighting started inside the province until the regime forces increased their scope of control in the east of the Euphrates River and holding their control over Al-Bokamal city, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the regime forces managed to impose their control over an area of 24.9% of Deir Ezzor province, in which the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian, Lebanese, Iraqi and Iranian and Asian nationalities with the participation of the Russian forces, took the control of the entire area stretched on the western banks of the Euphrates River, from the administrative border with Al-Raqqah to Mahkan town in the east of Al-Mayadin, including Farms, towns and cities, the most important are Deir Ezzor city, Al-Mayadin, Bakrus, Al-BoOmar, Al- Muhasan, Miray’iyyah, al-Jufrah, Ayyash, Al-Shmaytiyyah, Al-Tabni, Al-Kharita and other villages on the western banks of the Euphrates River, in addition to their advancement on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River opposite Deir Ezzor city, from Al-Husseiniyah village in the east of the Euphrates River opposite Deir Ezzor city, to Khesham town.

Link of a High resolution of the map of distributing the influences of the conflicting forces inside Deir Ezzor province