المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Clashes continue in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor between SDF and ISIS after counterattacks and shelling that raised the death toll of both parties to about 1600 fighters

Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: areas in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside within the enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization and its outskirts, are witnessing  continuous clashes between members of the Organization against the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition, accompanied by continued targeting and shelling on the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled areas there, after hit-and-run and exchange of attacks in the area yesterday, Friday, where the Syrian Observatory published yesterday night that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored ongoing violent clashes on areas within the enclave that is controlled by the “Islamic State” organization and its outskirts in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor between members of the “Islamic State” organization against the Syria Democratic Forces, accompanied by ongoing rocket shelling by the SDF on ISIS enclave amid information about the fall of more human losses in the ranks of the both parties, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that the “Islamic State” Organization, carried out a counterattack targeted a point of the Syria Democratic Forces on the outskirts of the ISIS enclave at the east bank of Euphrates River, after which violent clashes took place between both parties, accompanied by intensive bombardment by the International Coalition which killed 10 members of the organization, the SOHR also monitored heavy bombardment this evening, targeted al-Rawdah area and other areas in the last enclave of the Organization, while the Syrian Observatory monitored the entry of 11 military vehicles including 2 Hummer vehicles to the front area, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the violent clashes continue, between the Syria Democratic Forces against members of the “Islamic State” organization in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, at the east bank of Euphrates River, and the Syrian Observatory learned that the Syria Democratic Forces were able to achieve an important advancement by controlling large parts of al-Baghuz Tahtani area, which is located in the easternmost part of the last enclave of the Organization east of Euphrates on the Syrian-Iraqi border, and they monitored by firearm the remaining parts of the area, and the clashes coincided with shelling by the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition forces and their warplanes, and confirmed information about more casualties in the ranks of both parties.

And with the fall of more casualties it rose to 1042, the number of fighters of the “Islamic State” organization, who were killed in bombings, clashes, shelling and raids within the last enclave of the Organization since the 10th  of September 2018, and the Syrian Observatory also documented the death of 554 members of the Syria Democratic Forces, who were killed since the 10th of September 2018, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the Syria Democratic Forces being able to achieve the first 2 important advancement, the first in Abu Hasan village and the second is the control of al-Bukhatir village which are east of Hajin town, which was controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces before the US decision to withdraw from the area, and the Syrian Observatory published in the past 24 hours that the clashes continue between the Syria Democratic Forces against the “Islamic State” organization, in places within the last enclave of the “Islamic State” organization east of Euphrates River, in a continuous attacks by the Syria Democratic Forces in order to put an end to the presence of the Organization there, which is taking its last breath, while the clashes are accompanied by continuous rocket shelling targeting the enclave of the “Islamic State” organization, and the Syrian Observatory published during the past hours that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored continued clashes at violent pace, between the Syria Democratic Forces against members of the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in the outskirts of the enclave that is still under the control of the organization which lives its last days, after the violent attacks and the advancements achieved by the SDF, in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, where the SOHR monitored that the SDF managed to achieve advancement in positions and points in the organization’s enclave, as a part of process of clamping down on the organization even more, where more than 500 of ISIS members have fled since the US decision to withdraw its forces from the Syrian territory on the 19th of December 2018, while the clashes are accompanied by exchange of targeting in the clash areas, where the organization is fighting desperately to retain the last areas left under its control in the east of the Euphrates, stretching from the east of Abu Al-Hassan village to the Syrian – Iraqi border, and the Syrian Observatory published on Thursday, that it monitored intensive bombing by the International Coalition, since midnight of yesterday until now, targeting the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled areas, which is living its last days in its last enclave east of Euphrates, and in the last populated areas of towns and villages under its control in Syria, where the Syrian Observatory monitored intensive bombing by the International Coalition warplanes and artillery; on the last enclave of the Organization on the east bank of Euphrates River, which stretches from Abu Hasan village until the Syrian-Iraqi borders, amid clashes between the Syria Democratic Forces against the “Islamic State” Organization, in an attempt to achieve control over the entire enclave in the coming days, while intersected sources suggested for the Syrian Observatory that if the bombing continues in this way along with the exit of more civilians and families of ISIS members, and, members of the “Islamic State” organization hand themselves over; the existence of the Organization may end within days, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received confirmed information about the killing of more members of the Organization due to intense shelling and the clashes of varying violence, amid more advancement for the Syria Democratic Forces in points and areas in ISIS enclave, as the “Islamic State” organization lives its last days in the east of Euphrates area, and the Turkish Forces and their loyal factions are waiting at the border for the process of eliminating the Organization to end, in order for them to begin their military operation against the east of Euphrates area, and the areas that are controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces in Manbij and east of Euphrates.

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