In the first incident of its kind after the decision of US to withdraw, the International Coalition in al-Tanf bombards regime forces’-controlled areas in the desert
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from several intersected sources; that the International Coalition forces targeted sites controlled by the regime forces, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: the international coalition stationed in al-Tanf base at the Syrian-Iraqi border, targeted at the afternoon of December the 24th of December 2018, the area of Zarka which is controlled by the regime forces in the eastern desert of Homs, which is located to the west of the 55th area, which is under the control of the International Coalition in al-Hammad Desert area, but no information as to whether the bombing caused casualties in the ranks of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them or not, where this is the first targeting of the area after the decision of the US President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Syrian territory, which was issued on the 19th of December 2018
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 14th of December the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored violent clashes between Jaysh Maghawir al-Thawra backed by the International Coalition Forces, against the regime forces and gunmen loyal to the them in the past hours, in Zarka area near al-Tanf Base in the east of the Syrian Desert, where reliable sources confirmed that at least 3 members of Jaysh Maghawir al-Thawra were killed, and several others were injured with varying degrees of severity, also Jaysh Maghawir al-Thawra captured 2 members of the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, in addition to seizing weapons of the regime forces, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 2nd of December 2018 that explosions rocked today, Sunday the 2nd of December 2018, areas in the Syrian Desert, it turned out that they were caused by rocket shelling by more than 14 missiles fired from the International Coalition’s base of Al-Tanf, where the missiles targeted a column of the regime forces astray in Halbeh area east of al-Alayniyyah, which is located to the north-west of Al-Tanf Base, amid secrecy by the International forces that are located in the base, while the Syrian fighters who are located there, have seen the missiles being launched towards the areas where the regime forces are present, without information so far about casualties.