The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

For the second straight day, continuous collapses of ISIS west of Daraa

Daraa Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: areas in Yarmouk Basin area in the western countryside of Daraa are still witnessing the continuation of violent clashes, between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” Organization, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored new advancement for the regime forces in the shadow of the rapid collapses of Jaysh Khalid since yesterday, where the regime forces have been able to achieve an important advancement by controlling the housings of Jellin, al-Mzyr’aa, and other locations in the area with cover of heavy fire by warplanes and helicopters, and now Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization is confined in about 10 towns and villages, and with the continuation of military operations in Yarmouk Basin, the Syrian Observatory documented more human casualties in the ranks of both parties of the fighting, where it rose to at least 141, the number of casualties of the members of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” Organization, who have been killed since the 19th of July 2018, the date of starting the regime’s operation against Jaysh Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed, also it rose to 62 at least, the number of casualties of the members and officers of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, who were killed in the same period, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that it rose to 42 persons at least including 11 children and 5 citizen women, the number of people who have been killed since the 19th of July 2018, as a result of bombardment by warplanes and helicopters as well as the shelling by the regime forces on Yarmouk Basin in the western countryside of Daraa.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the squadron of warplanes accompanied by helicopters continue its intensive aerial strikes on the remaining towns and villages under the control of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid -which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization- in Yarmouk Basin area, in conjunction with the continuation of clashes between members of Jaysh Khalid against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, in a continuous attacks by the latter in order to achieve new advancements, also the regime forces seek to control Jellin and control more areas to end the presence of Jaysh Khaled which swore allegiance to the organization in the area, where the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that regime forces supported by their loyal gunmen continue their attacks on sites of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid, which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization in Yarmouk Basin area in the western countryside of Daraa, and the far southern countryside of Quneitra adjacent to Yarmouk Basin, accompanied by continued and intense airstrikes on positions of Jaysh Khalid in the area, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the regime forces continue to advance and control more areas at an accelerated rate under intense fire cover, raising to at least 22, the number of towns and villages controlled by the regime forces during the last 24 hours in the Yarmouk Basin and south of Quneitra, most notably Abu Hartyn, Saida al-Golan, and Ayn Thakar, amid major collapses among members of the “Islamic State” Organization after one week of regime forces’ military operations in the area, which were accompanied by a 2420 airstrike by Russian warplanes and regime’s warplanes and helicopters, amid shelling by hundreds of missiles and artillery, rocket, tank, and mortar shells in the area since the 19th of July 2018, which in turn caused a large collapse for the organization, which has nothing left except for a number of towns and villages in Yarmouk Basin and the far south of Quneitra, the most prominent of which are Jellin, al-Mzyr’aa, Tasil, Adwan, al-Shajra, Naf’aa, and Sahm al-Golan, while the regime forces seek to continue to end the presence of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid through their attacks in the area.