The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The International Coalition’s warplanes intensify their airstrikes targeting ISIS last enclave after the resumption of the shelling and preparations for the final battle

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the warplanes of the International Coalition returned to target areas in the last enclave left under the control of the “Islamic State” organization, at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, where the Syrian Observatory monitored intensive bombardment by the International Coalition’s warplanes, without information about casualties, and the Syrian Observatory published last night that the International Coalition’s warplanes carried out a new series of airstrikes targeting the last enclave left under the control of the “Islamic State” organization at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, and in the same context, the Syria Democratic Forces are continuing their preparations for a final military operation against the organization in the area.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago, that areas of presence of the “Islamic State” Organization at the Syrian-Iraqi border are witnessing exchange of shelling between the Iraqi Army and members of the Organization, but no information yet about casualties, also the Syria Democratic Forces continue their mobilization and preparations in the vicinity of the last enclave at the east of Euphrates, where the Syrian Observatory learned that over the next few hours more than 200 members of Jaysh al-Thowwar of SDF will arrive to the frontlines with the Organization in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information confirmed that at least 100 members of the special forces coming from Ayn al-Arab (Kobani) have entered the contact area with the “Islamic State” Organization, at the outskirts of its last enclave on the east banks of Euphrates River, the sources confirmed that with the arrival of these fighters, it rose to 1100, the number of fighters of the special task forces of YPG and Syria Democratic Forces, in addition to more than 200 fighters of the self-defense forces, and more than 2000 fighters of al-Sh’aytat clan, in a continuation of military preparations by the International Coalition and the Syria Democratic Forces; to start a military operation against the last enclave of ISIS Organization after suspending it less than 24 hours ago temporarily, in objection at the Turkish strikes that targeted areas of Tal Abyad in the northern countryside of al-Raqqah and Ayn al-Arab (Kobani), and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also monitored the entry of about 150 trucks coming from the Syrian-Iraqi border, to areas controlled by Syria Democratic Forces, carrying logistical equipment and weapons, also the Syrian Observatory learned that the intense strikes of the International Coalition warplanes yesterday night on al-Azraq Field area have killed at least 7 members of the “Islamic State” Organization, raising the number of killed and executed persons since the 10th of September 2018, where it rose to at least 516  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 also it rose to 315 at least, one of them was a field commander of Deir Ezzor Military Council of the Syria Democratic Forces, the members of the SDF who were killed in clash against ISIS, and the death toll is expected to increase as there is information about other human losses and the presence of injured cases in serious conditions, and 2 girls who were killed 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 63 civilians including 12 children and 5 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, and in strikes targeted a house in al-Bobadran village.