Violent explosions rock the east of the Euphrates along with the ongoing violent clashes between SDF against ISIS
Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the violent clashes are continuing in areas within ISIS last enclave eat of the Euphrates River in the east of Deir Ezzor, between members of the organization of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition, where the violent clashes are still concentrated in Al-Susah town in ongoing attempts by the SDF to advance even more into the town and impose a full control over it, also, a violent explosion rocked Al-Susah town, believed to be caused by detonating one booby trapped vehicle at least by the organization in the town, also the International Coalition’s warplanes are still continuing their heavy shelling on the clash areas and the positions of the organization in the area, amid confirmed information about the fall of more human losses in the ranks of the both parties, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that it learned from a number of reliable sources, that the International Coalition’s warplanes in the past 24 hours and in conjunction with the attacks of the Syria Democratic Forces, heavily targeted areas in Al-Susah town and its outskirts and vicinity, where the strikes resulted in the fall of a large number of Human losses, and the sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the airstrikes which targeted several positions and headquarters in Al-Susah town and Abu Al-Hasan area which is adjacent to Hajin town, resulted in the killing of 37 members at least of the organization, as well as the injury of others with varying severity, and these strikes are coincided with the fact that the Syria Democratic Forces managed to take the control of parts of Al-Susah town, as a result of the violent attack through which they aim to take the control of the town, and clamp down on the organization even more.
This escalated bombardment comes after 2 massacres carried out by the International Coalition’s warplanes on Al-Susah town through targeting a mosque and an institution for Quran memorization drill and their vicinities, where the Syrian Observatory documented the death of at least 63, the number of casualties of citizens and members of the “Islamic State” organization, who were killed on the 18th and 19th of October 2018, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the death of 18 Iraqi citizens of the families of the organization including 7 children and 4 women, who were killed in the bombardment which targeted a mosque and a house in Al-Susah town, on the 18th of October 2018, in addition to the death of 11 members of the organization who were killed in the same strikes, while 23 citizens (6 citizens of them are Syrians and the rest are Iraqis) including 3 children, were killed on the 19th of October 2018, as a result of strikes that targeted an institution for Quran memorization drill and houses in its vicinity in Al-Susah town, while 11 members of the organization were killed in the same strikes, and the death toll is expected to increase due to the presence of injured cases in serious conditions.
And with the fall of more Human losses, it rose to 235 at least, one of them was a field commander of Deir Ezzor Military Council of the Syria Democratic Forces, they were killed in clash against ISIS, and at least 456 fighters and commanders of the “Islamic State” Organization, they were killed in the clashes and the strikes of the International Coalition and SDF since the start of the military operations on the 10th of September 2018, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, also the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2 girls in shelling by SDF on the ISIS-enclave, and 5 citizens were killed in bombing by the International Coalition on the same enclave, in addition to 41 A civilians including 10 children and 4 citizen women, were killed in airstrikes by the International Coalition on a mosque and Koranic institute in al-Susah town within ISIS-enclave at the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, the majority of whom are Iraqi nationals including families of members of the “Islamic State” organization.