The regime forces and their allies continue their attacks at the expense of the organization in Rif Dimashq Desert

Rif Dimashq Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: violent clashes are still continuing between the “Islamic State” organization against the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, in places in Tlul Al-Safa area, in Rif Dimashq Desert at the administrative border with Al-Suwaidaa, accompanied by ongoing rocket shelling by the regime forces, as a part of the ongoing attacks carried out by the regime forces with their allies, in order to take the control of more positions and end the presence of the organization in the area, and information about more human losses in the ranks of the both parties, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that the military operations continue by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against the “Islamic State” organization in Rif Dimashq, where the violent clashes between both parties are concentrated in areas within Tlul al-Safa area, the last of what remained for the Organization in the countryside of Dimashq, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored new progress for the regime forces and their allies during the last 24 hours, where they controlled several points and new sites in the area, with cover of intense rocket shelling, also the clashes have left more casualties in the ranks of both parties, where it rose to at least 368, 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 194, the number of members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them who were killed in the same period, including members of the Lebanese Hezbollah among them a Lebanese commander as well as officers of the regime forces with varying ranks the highest of which are Major Generals, and the clashes also resulted in the injury of hundreds others with varying severity, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of about 142 citizens including 38 women and children, who were executed or shot by the “Islamic State” organization, 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 and a citizen woman were executed by ISIS after being kidnapped along with 28 others, and a woman died when she was held by ISIS in conditions that still vague so far.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored cautious anticipation prevailing Al-Suwaidaa province, along with the continuation of the committees that are entrusted to solve the case of abductees and release the 27 kidnapped people held by the “Islamic State” organization, where the negotiations have not achieved any progress, and suspended at the process of replacing the names of female detainees, by the organization, in the registers presented by the regime authorities via the lines of communication and committees between them, and this anticipation is coincided with ongoing clashes between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against members of the “Islamic State” organization, in places in Tlul Al-Safa area at the administrative border of Rif Dimashq Desert with Al-Suwaidaa Desert, amid ongoing attempts by the regime forces to achieve further advancement in the area, and take the control of more spaces of it, and the Syrian Observatory monitored renewed shelling by the regime forces on the area amid exchange of targeting in the clash areas.