The military operations continue in Rif Dimashq Desert and raises to at least 390, the number of casualties of citizens and members of the regime forces and the organization

Rif Dimashq Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the military operations are continuing along with attempts to reach an agreement between the regime and the organization to resolve the issue of the abductees in conjunction with the process of tightening the grip on the organization even more in the area of Tal Al-Safa in Rif Dimashq Desert adjacent to the administrative border with Al-Suwaidaa countryside, where the SOHR monitored the continuation of clashes between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against the members of the “Islamic State” organization, in the vicinity of Tlul Al-Safa area, amid ongoing exchange of targeting in the clash areas, where the clashes resulted in the fall of more human losses in the ranks of the regime forces and the members of the organization, where it rose to 99, the number of ISIS members who have been killed in the bombings, shelling and clashes since the 25th of July 2018, while it rose to at least 33, the number of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them who were killed in the same period, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented since the attack of ISIS in Al-Suwaidaa countryside on the 25th of July 2018, the death of about 142 citizens including 38 women and children, in addition to the killing of 116 people, the majority of whom were of the gunmen villagers who carried the gun to repel the organization’s attack, and a 19-year-old boy was executed by ISIS after being kidnapped along with about 30 others, and a woman died when she was held by ISIS in conditions that still vague so far.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also published yesterday Thursday that the violent clashes are still continuing between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in Rif Dimashq Desert, on the administrative border with Al-Suwaidaa countryside, within the ongoing attacks by the regime forces in order to take the control of more positions, achieve further advancement and force the organization to surrender or bow to the conditions of the negotiations about handing over the abductees, and the ongoing violent clashes are accompanied by continued rocket shelling by the regime forces on the controlled areas of the organization in this desert, also this ongoing fighting and the escalation of the number of casualties in the ranks of the both parties, are coincided with the continued escalated tension and resentment against the procrastination to release the abductees who have been held hostage by the “Islamic State” organization since the 25th of July 2018, where tens of citizens carried out a sit-in in Al-Suwaidaa city demanding the release of the abductees, and condemning the continuation of holding the abductees for such long time, amid escalating the threat to their lives as a result of the shelling by the regime forces on Tlul Al-Safa area which is the last area for the organization to be presented in Rif Dimashq Desert which is adjacent to the administrative border of Al-Suwaidaa province.