The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

At least 9 members of the regime forces and their allies and the Lebanese Hezbollah were killed in an attack by the “Islamic State” organization in the eastern desert of Homs at the border with Deir Ezzor

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the “Islamic State” organization during the last hours of Tuesday the 2nd of January 2018 carrying a violent attack, where they targeted sites of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian, Arab and Asian nationalities in the far eastern countryside of Homs on the administrative border with Deir Ezzor, where groups of members of the Organization targeted locations of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in Hmimeh area, after which violent clashes took place between both parties and caused human losses, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 9 members of the regime forces and their allies at least, including 2 members of the Lebanese Hezbollah, also other members of the Organization were killed and wounded in the same attack.

It worth mentioning that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published back in mid-December 2017 that although the presence of the “Islamic State” organization was ended in the west of the Euphrates River, on the 6th of November 2017, groups of its fighters are still continuing to confuse the regime forces and their allies, by carrying out infiltrations and surprising attack, within Deir Ezzor desert and the vicinity of Hmimeh area in the far of the north-eastern countryside of Homs, in conjunction with the attacks on areas in the eastern desert of Al-Sukhnah, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored during the past 48 hours, attacks on areas in the south-eastern desert of Deir Ezzor and areas in the eastern countryside of Homs, in attempts by the organization to cause the largest number of casualties in the ranks of the regime forces and the armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian, Arab and Asian nationalities, and the attacks from the 6th of December to the 8th of December, resulted in the death of 13 members at least of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities were killed, while 18 members at least of the organization were killed in these clashes, some of whom detonated themselves by explosive belts, while it is noteworthy that about 3% of Syrian land area is still under the control of the “Islamic State” Organization, which is about 5600 km² of the Syrian area, where the organization is located in the southern section of the capital, Damascus, in large parts of Yarmouk camp and in parts of al-Tadamon neighborhood, and in wide areas of al-Hajar al-Aswad , also the organization is located in the eastern Desert of al-Sukhnah city in the eastern countryside of Homs, while the organization is located in the northern countryside of Hama, and the organization is also located in Deir Ezzor Province in 18 villages and towns on the east banks of Euphrates, also the organization exists also in the part located in the northeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor which is connected to the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah.