Clashes between gunmen loyal to the regime against unidentified gunmen leave casualties tens of kilometers away from Palmyra city
Homs Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored clashes that took place between gunmen loyal to the regime against unidentified gunmen in areas in Palmyra Desert, at a distance of tens of kilometers from Palmyra city, in the eastern countryside of Homs, and the SOHR obtained confirmed information reporting that the clashes took place today dawn, Sunday the 2nd of September 2018, which resulted in the fall of human losses.
And the Syrian Observatory published weeks ago, that the regime forces are continuing with their allies of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, to bring military reinforcements to the Syrian Desert, where the regime forces brought again tens of military vehicles carrying equipment, weapons and ammunition as well as hundreds of members of the regime forces and their allies of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, and the sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the bringing of these reinforcements comes in an attempt by the regime forces to fortify their positions and strengthen their presence in the Syrian Desert, for fear of a mass offensive that may be carried out by the “Islamic State” organization against them in the deserts of Homs and Deir Ezzor, in an attempt to expand its control over the enclaves that are under its control, and to revive its areas of control on the Syrian territory, in the wake of the attacks which are carried out either by the regime forces and their allies, or by the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition through its American, Italian, French and European forces, where the organization which is located in the triangle of Al-Sukhnah – Jabal Abu Rajeem – Al-Tibah in the west of Palmyra – Al-Sukhnah – Deir Ezzor Road, is seeking to expand its control even more amid successive preparations carried out by the organization to expand the scope of its attacks.