The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime forces achieve a new advancement at the expense of ISIS south of Damascus

Damascus Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: clash continue violently between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in the southern sector of the capital Damascus, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the clashes concentrated on areas in the vicinity and outskirts of al-Yarmouk Camp, al-Hajar al-Aswad and al-Tadamon, within the continued operations by the regime forces to advance, and the Syrian Observatory monitored the regime forces advancing in more buildings and sites and controlling more areas, amid exchange of targeting in the clash areas, and confirmed information about casualties in the ranks of both parties.

The Syrian Observatory published yesterday. Thursday, that it has increased to 117 at least, the number of members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, who were killed since Thursday the 19th of April 2018, including 16 officers and 6 of them were executed, while it has increased to 102, the number of members of the organization who were killed in the shelling, clashes and targeting that left tens of wounded in the ranks of the both parties, and the death toll is expected to rise because of the continued combat operations and the presence of injured cases in critical situation.