International coalition airstrikes accompany the clashes at the eastern banks of Euphrates River in the countryside of Deir Ezzor

Deir Ezzor province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:: clashes continue between the SDF backed by the International Coalition against ISIS in areas in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and the SOHR monitored the clashes taking place in areas in Al-Bahra area at the eastern outskirts of Euphrates River, and the clashes were accompanied by targeting between both parties on the clash areas and shelling by international coalition’s warplanes on areas controlled by ISIS, and there is confirmed information about the death of members of the organization.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 29th of January that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that 4 children at least were killed due to landmine explosions in Gharanij town in Deir Ezzor countryside, while the violent clashes are continuing between the forces of “Al-Jazeera Storm” Operation against the “Islamic State” organization, in the east of the Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where the SOHR monitored violent clashes between the both parties in Gharanij town, which the Syria Democratic Forces managed to impose fully control over, and they advanced to Al-Bahra village whose outskirts are witnessing violent clashes between the SDF against and the members of the organization which tries to repel the advancement of the former, and prevent them to take the control of the areas remaining under the control of the organization on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, as there are only Hajin, Abu al-Hassan, Shaafah, Al-Baghuz, and large spaces of Al-Bahra village, and the clashes are accompanied by intensive and exchange of artillery and rocket shelling between the both parties, which resulted in the fall of confirmed human losses in the ranks of the both parties.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published during the past week, what the reliable sources confirmed about that the clashes are taking place under the supervision of Syrian commanders in the organization as well as fighter from the area, in which their knowledge of the nature of the area reflected on the course of the operations, in addition to an other reason which is the presence of large amounts of gold, silver and money with the organization in Gharanij which used to be inhabited by citizens of Sh’aytat Clan, in which this town as well as the towns of Abu Hamam and al-Kashkiyyeh witnessed the biggest massacre against the Syrian people by ISIS which killed about 1000 Syrian citizens, and the reliable sources told the SOHR that the organization tries to preserve these amounts and sent them safely out of the area, so it fights desperately to repel the attacks and carries out counter attacks, while the International Coalition targets the area at lower pace, in an attempt by it with its backed forces to seize these amounts of gold, silver and money, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published then that the organization carried out counter attacks in the past few days and the most violent was during the past 48 hours, which were accompanied by detonating 2 booby trapped vehicle in the town, amid attacks by the organization and raging a fight between it against the forces of “Al-Jazeera Storm” Operation, which escalated their operation in early December 2017, in order to end the presence of ISIS on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored during the past 48 hours, the fall of human losses due to the counter attacks of ISIS, in which the SOHR documented the death of 29 members at least of the organization, while 8 members at least of the forces of “Al-Jazeera Storm” Operation wee killed due to the detonations, clashes and the exchange of shelling, and the casualties in the ranks of the organization whose death was documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, include Abu Talha al-Almani who is one of the European commanders remaining in the pocket still controlled by the organization in the east of the Euphrates River, consists of 5 villages and towns.