At least 14 casualties of the regime forces, their allies, and ISIS members during the sudden attack of ISIS at the west bank of Euphrates River coming from its east

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory monitored the clashes stop again west of Euphrates River near its west banks west of al-Bokamal city, between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian Nationalities against members of the “Islamic State” organization, where the clashes in Hasrat area were caused by the sudden attack of ISIS members after they infiltrated east of Euphrates, which caused casualties in the ranks of both parties, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the killing of at least 5 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and at least 9 ISIS members were killed, also the clashes injured several other of both parties.

And the SOHR published on the 31st of August 2018 that the “Islamic State” organization distributing leaflets inside a village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, as part of movements of these cells in areas controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: members of ISIS cells hanged leaflets in al-Sabha village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, threatening to “Qisas ” of all dealers with Syria Democratic Forces and the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in the oil field, in a renew of threat operations by the organization by the same way in the last 2 weeks, while reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the countryside of Deir Ezzor is witnessing a large presence of former members of the “Islamic State” organization, some of whom claimed that they retired fighting and left the organization, and then returned to deal with the organization as “sleeper cells”, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also monitored during the past days that the “Islamic State” Organization continues through its cells east of Euphrates River carrying out more reprisal operations, “in retaliation for the loss of oil and the east of Euphrates”, where the sources confirmed that the organization and since its distribution of leaflets in cities and towns controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor; has been carrying out sporadic bombings, shootings, and attacks in scattered areas east of Euphrates, like assassination attempts against members of the Syria Democratic Forces and the Self-Defense Forces, and those who cooperate with and deal with the Syria Democratic Forces in the oil trade, where the retaliations were attacks on shops, cafes, cigarette shops, and clothing shops, and the local sources of the Syrian Observatory confirmed that members of the sleeper cells of the Organization are planting the organization’s banners and flags in towns and villages in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, and in order for the banner to be planted for as long as possible with the purpose of “angering the people”, ISIS mines the banners so that the citizens cannot approach them until they are dismantled by Syria Democratic Forces, ISIS also targets by using shoulder-mounted missiles.