Aerial bombardments continue to target Yarmouk Basin after a wide advancement by the regime forces at the expense of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid
Daraa Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the aerial and missile bombardment continue on the remaining circle of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid, which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization in Yarmouk Basin west of Daraa, where warplane and helicopters continue the intensive targeting of the area, in conjunction with violent rocket shelling targeting towns and villages that are still controlled by Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” Organization, amid clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday night that the regime forces’ military operations is continuing within the remaining narrow circle of Jaysh Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed which pledges allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, in the area of Yarmouk Basin in the western countryside of Daraa, where the clashes are continuing between the both parties in places in the area, in ongoing attacks by the regime forces in order to end the presence of Jaysh Khaled in the area, after rapid advancements since yesterday, Wednesday, which enabled the regime forces to take the control of more than 26 towns and villages, while only 7 towns and villages are remaining for Jaysh Khaled, thus, the regime forces became in control of an area of about 98% of the total area of Daraa, while Jaysh Khaled controls about 2%, also, the warplanes and helicopters are continuing their targeting to the areas remaining under the control of the army which pledges allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, and the SOHR published hours ago, that Jaysh Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed is continuing its rapid collapses in the area of Yarmouk Basin in the western sector of Daraa countryside, amid new advancements achieved by the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them backed by warplanes and helicopters, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the regime forces managed to achieve further important and rapid advancements in the second consecutive day in the area of Yarmouk Basin, and 7 days after launching their military operations on the 19th of July 2018, where the regime forces took the control of Saham Al-Golan, Tasil, Al-Shabraq and other positions used to be controlled by Jaysh Khaled, amid successive withdrawals by the army which pledges allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, and confining it in a narrower circle, represented by several towns which are al-Shajra, Abbdyn, Koayiah, Ma’aria, and Al-Qsir, where the regime forces became close to end the presence of Jaysh Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed which was announced about in 2014.
And the SOHR also published today, Thursday, that 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.
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