ISIS ambushes the regime forces on the road between Deir Ezzor city and the former capital of “al-Khair State”
Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the “Islamic State” organization ambushing the regime forces and their loyal gunmen on the international highway between Deir Ezzor city and al-Mayadin city east of it, where the ambush took place yesterday night, Thursday, 30th of August, and killed and injured several members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the killing of a colonel of the regime forces after an IED explosion in the countryside of Deir Ezzor.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 21st of August 2018 that Deir Ezzor Province is witnessing triple movements in both of its sections east and west of Euphrates River, these movements are carried out by the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition in the east of Euphrates River, the regime forces and their allies of Syrians and non-Syrians nationalities in the west of Euphrates River, and, the “Islamic State” organization which moves on both bank and in the eastern countryside east and west of Euphrates River, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored during the past hours and days the regime forces sending military reinforcements from al-Mayadin city -the former capital of “al-Khayr State”- towards al-Bokamal International road known as the road of Tehran – Beirut, and sending reinforcements of hundreds of troops, machinery, weapons, and ammunition to areas opposite to ISIS enclave east of Euphrates, where the regime forces seek through this move to strengthen and fortify their fronts against the attacks of the organization that happen every now and then.