The regime forces continue to clamp down on ISIS and advance again in Rif Dimashq with intense fire cover

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them continue their attacks against “Islamic state” organization in Tlul al-Safa on the administrative borders with the countryside of al-Suwaidaa, which is about 50 km away of the Coalition base in al-Tanaf area, where the violent clashes continue between both parties in the area, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the regime forces by an intensive missile cover achieving a new advancement, by controlling Khirbat al-Hawi and other sites and points in the area, in addition to their advancement from areas located at the northern outskirts of Tlul al-Safa, amid confirmed information about more casualties in the ranks of both parties, as well as the destruction and damage of vehicles of both parties, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this Friday morning that Rif Dimashq desert which is located on the administrative border with the countryside of al-Suwaidaa about 50 km away of the International Coalition base in al-Tanf area; is witnessing the continuation of the military operations led by the regime forces and supported by gunmen loyal to them at the expense of the “Islamic State” organization, which are concentrated in places in Tlul al-Safa area, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the continuation of clashes between both parties in a continuous attempts by the regime forces to force the “Islamic State” organization to surrender by firearm within the spot where it is surrounded in Tlul al-Safa, and the continuous clashes caused more casualties, where it rose to 129 at least, the number of members who were killed in the bombings, shelling, and clashes since the 25th of July 2018, while the Syrian Observatory published yesterday, Thursday, that it rose to at least 43, the number of members 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.

And the Syrian Observatory published in the past 24 hours, that the state of tension and resentment is continuing in al-Suwaidaa province, about the fate of the abductees of al-Suwaidaa province (who have been detained by ISIS since the 25th of July 2018; after it carried out its biggest, deadliest and most violent attack in al-Suwaidaa province since the start of the Syrian revolution), as fears for the fate of the kidnapped people and the great public discontent continue over the stall of the Syrian regime in the case of abductees, and in conjunction with the continuous resentment; the elders of al-Aql Sheikhs of the Unitarian Druze community have made a statement about assigning several people to a negotiating committee, and the Syrian Observatory obtained a copy of the statement, it says:

“due to the present circumstances and requirements of the public interest, a negotiating committee is formed in regard of the abductees of al-Suwaidaa province of the gentlemen: Dr. Samer Abu Ammar, Dr. Saeed al-Ak, Mr. Osama Abu Bakkar, Mr. Adel al-Hadi. And the work of the committee is limited to following up on the case of the abducted people of the province and reaching out to the concerned authorities to achieve their release and return to their families unharmed.”