Airstrikes target east of Deir Ezzor and casualties in executions, mine explosions and by unknown gunmen

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the “Islamic State” organization executed a woman from Shaqra village in the western Deir Ezzor, following her arrest months ago on charges of “insulting the god”, she was executed in one of the villages of the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor earlier, while 2 persons were killed by a mine explosion in Abu Hamam area in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, also a person was killed by unknown gunmen in al-Sh’aytat Desert , where they stole his money and then they killed him, while the International Coalition warplanes carried out airstrikes on areas at the outskirts of Gharanij town on the east bank of Euphrates River, amid information about the withdrawal of the Syria Democratic Forces from Hawi Hajin area, in order to make a room for the Organization’s members to withdraw from Gharanij town towards the villages remaining under the control of the organization on the east bank of the river.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that it monitored the daily military and field developments, in the east of the Euphrates River, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where the organization fights desperately to defense its presence in the area, and there are 5 villages and towns are fully controlled by the organization they are: Abu al-Hassan, Sha’afah, Susah, Al-Baghuz, Al-Bobadran and their districts, while there are 3 towns and villages are out of ISIS full control and they are: al-Bahra, Hajin and Gharanij, as the SDF control different parts in these 3 villages and towns, thus there are entire 5 villages and towns as well as parts of other 3 villages and towns still remaining under ISIS control, and the clashes are accompanied by exchange targeting and shelling on the clash areas, through which the SDF are trying to end the presence of the organization in the area, while it is noteworthy that this fighting and shelling which started again in early December 2017, due to a new attack carried out by the forces of “Al-Jazeera Storm” Operation, resulted in a new displacement towards the SDF-held areas and other areas far from the violent shelling and killing, and the SOHR monitored that the displaced people set up camps where they can stay until the end of the fighting or the control of the organization over their areas and towns- from which they have fled- ends.