The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

46 persons were killed today, Friday, in the Coalition’s bombardment and ISIS attacks on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored more human losses against the backdrop of the attacks of the “Islamic State” organization today dawn, Friday, where the SOHR documented the death of 18 members at least of the Syria Democratic Forces, who were killed in the detonations and attacks of the organization this dawn on their positions and points in areas in Al-Bahra, Hajin and Al-Sha’afah in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, raising to at least 27, the number of members of the SDF who were killed in the past 72 hours since Tuesday, during targeting and clashes against the organization, at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and the Syrian Observatory has documented the death of 12 members of the organization who were killed in today’s attacks, raising to at least 60, the number of ISIS members who were killed in the past 72 hours since Tuesday, during airstrikes of the International Coalition and clashes against SDF, and in turn it rose to 685, the numbers of fighters of the “Islamic State” organization who were killed in the bombing, clashes, shelling, and raids within the last enclave of the Organization since the 10th of September 2018.

And the Syrian Observatory monitored few hours ago, that  the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the International Coalition warplanes bombarding Sha’afah town, which is located in the last enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization at the east bank of Euphrates River in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, and the Syrian Observatory learned that the bombardment caused a new massacre in the town and killed at least 16 people including 11 civilians, including 5 children and 3 women, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, and due to information about the presence of missing people, and with more casualties it rose to 245 including 87 children and 60 citizen women (including 120 Syrian citizens including 50 children and 31 women of Syrian nationality), thus, which increased the number of people who were killed according to the 3 stages of the Coalition bombing, which was divided by the Syrian Observatory to 3 phases, the first of which is the first month of the military operation in which the Syria Democratic Forces and the Coalition advanced in the last enclave of the organization and controlled al-Baghuz, al-Susah, al-Shajla and parts of Hajin and the advanced in other outskirts and areas of the enclave, where Coalition airstrikes killed at least 5 Syrian civilians, and this first phase was from the 10th of September to the 10th of October 2018, while the second phase was from the 10th of October to the 28th of the same month, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the death of 47 civilians including 14 children and 7 women, including 15 Syrians including 8 children and 3 women, they were killed in airstrikes by the International Coalition warplanes which targeted at least 4 mosques, a Koranic school, and civilian homes, while the third stage represented by shelling by the International Coalition and killed 193 civilians including 73 children and 53 women, including 100 Syrian citizens including 42 children and 28 women, in several areas under the control of the “Islamic State” organization at the eastern bank of Euphrates River, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

Also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that a new attack by the “Islamic State” Organization took place at dawn on Friday, the 23rd November 2018, where the Organization attacked starting by detonating a booby-trapped vehicle in al-Bahra front near Hajin town, in conjunction with attack on the areas of Hajin and al-Shafa, after which clashes took place between ISIS members against fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces; in the contact areas and the points attacked by the Organization, reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the Organization managed to advance in at least 3 points in the area that is near the base of the International Coalition and the Syria Democratic Forces, and the clashes were accompanied by exchange of targeting in the clash areas, amid the flight of the International Coalition warplanes over the area and targeting sites of Organization in the clash areas.