After bringing hundreds of fighters, the Coalition and SDF continue their military moves to start a battle against the last enclave of ISIS east of Euphrates
Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the Syria Democratic Forces and forces of the International Coalition continue their military movements at the contact areas with the last enclave of the “Islamic State” at the east banks of Euphrates River, in preparation by the first to end what is left for the Organization east of Euphrates, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the entry of a new column of the International Coalition consists of 7 artillery-equipped Hummer vehicles to the contact areas, in conjunction with sporadic artillery shelling on positions of the Organization in the area by the Coalition forces and the Syria Democratic Forces, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published today that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the Syria Democratic Forces brought more military reinforcements, to the vicinity of ISIS enclave in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: the SDF brought about 1700 fighters in the last 24 hours from the areas of Ayn al-Arab (Kobani), Manbij, and other areas under the control of SDF, where fighters of several factions of SDF were brought such as Jaysh al-Thowwar, the Kurdish Front brigade, and others, in addition to bringing members of the Internal security forces “Asayish”, as part of the continuous preparations by the Syria Democratic Forces to begin the grand ground military operation, which aims to end the presence of the Organization east of Euphrates, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on Wednesday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored clashes between the Syria Democratic Forces against the “Islamic State” Organization, in areas within the last enclave of the Organization in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, after an infiltration by members of the Organization yesterday evening in an attempt to expand in the area, but SDF members stopped the attacks with the support of the aerial and missile shelling, and no information about casualties until now, while the shelling was renewed this morning, the 15th of November 2018, where the International Coalition warplanes targeted sites and areas controlled by the “Islamic State” Organization in its last enclave, in conjunction with renewed rocket shelling by SDF on the area, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday evening that International Coalition warplanes continue to fly over the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor province, where the last enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization is located on the east bank of Euphrates River, coincided with airstrikes every now and then targeting sites and points of the Organization within its last enclave in the area, accompanied by the continuation of rocket shelling by SDF, who in turn continue to their preparations for a final ground attack within the grand battle to end the presence of the Organization in the area, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the Syria Democratic Forces continue their preparations and military preparations to start the grand military operation, which is expected to begin at any moment against the last enclave under the control of the “Islamic State” organization at the east banks of Euphrates River, the ground military operation which was supposed to begin days ago, was confined during these days to aerial and ground bombardment without any ground attacks, and in the same context, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored renewed airstrikes by Coalition warplanes targeting sites and points of the Organization within its last pocket in Hajin, al-Susah, and east of al-Tank oilfield, which caused more casualties in the ranks of the Organization, where it rose to 21 including a local leader, the number of members of the “Islamic State” Organization who were killed in airstrikes by International Coalition during the past 24 hours in Hajin and al-Susah, amid information about more casualties in the vicinity of al-Tank oilfield, raising to 343, the number of ISIS members who were killed in the shelling, bombing, and raids on the last enclave of ISIS, and 357 of them were killed in the second month of the operation, while the Syrian Observatory documented that it rose to 347, the number of members of the SDF who were killed in clash against ISIS, including at last 208 members who were killed in the second month of military operations, since the start of the military operations on the 10th of September 2018, the organization also executed 5 citizens on charge of dealing with the SDF, and it also executed 10 fighters of the SDF after it captured them, the SOHR also monitored the fall of hundreds of wounded of citizens and of fighter of the both conflicting parties, in addition to causing more destruction to the infrastructure and the citizens’ property.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 13th of November 2018 that And the Syrian Observatory published today, Tuesday the 13th of November 2018, that it monitored rocket shelling carried out by the regime forces on places in Bobadran village which is under the control of the “Islamic State” Organization in its last enclave in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, also the rocket shelling and aerial operations continue on the last enclave of the “Islamic State” organization at the eastern banks of Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where International Coalition warplanes continue flying in the sky of the area targeting sites and areas of the Organization, while the Syria Democratic Forces targeted by artillery and mortar shells the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled areas, but the ground forces of SDF did not start any ground attack until the moment, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the International Coalition warplanes stopped their airstrikes on the last enclave controlled by the “Islamic State” organization on the east banks of Euphrates River, in conjunction with their continued flight over the area, where the cautious calm returned to prevail the area after the stop of the air and missile strikes, as the Syria Democratic Forces did not start any ground operation on sites of the organization despite their announcement to start resuming the military operations there, but until the moment the operation was limited to rocket and air shelling every now and then without any ground attacks yet, and the Syrian Observatory published this morning that the last remaining enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization within the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor on the east banks of Euphrates River is witnessing intense aerial and missile bombardments, along with intensive targeting by the International Coalition warplanes for ISIS areas, in conjunction with rocket shelling carried out by Syria Democratic Forces, while the Syria Democratic Forces have not started their ground attacks against the “Islamic State” organization, where it is expected that the ground attacks of Syria Democratic Forces will start within the grand and final battle, which aim to end the presence of the Organization in the area, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from a number of reliable sources, which confirmed that the International Coalition and the Syria Democratic forces have completed the military preparations for starting the grand military operation which sources confirmed that it will be launched in the incoming hours, against ISIS last enclave at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, where the organization managed to restore all the areas it has lost since the start of the operation on the 10th of September 2018, and the operation of recovering the areas was completed on the 28th of October 2018, after a series of intensive attacks by the “Islamic State” organization, during which it exploited the bad weather and sand storms to recover what it had lost, the Syrian Observatory monitored the arrival of thousands of fighters of the SDF, the Special Tasks Forces and the Self-Defense Forces, in the past days, after the guarantees provided by the International Coalition’s delegation to the SDF about guarantees by their countries that Turkey will not target the border strip between the 2 rivers.