The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

clashes east of Euphrates continue between SDF and ISIS amid constant attempts to end the latter’s presence permanently from the area

Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:  the clashes violently continue between the Syria Democratic Forces against the “Islamic State” Organization, in places within the last Organization’s enclave east of Euphrates, its vicinity and outskirts, accompanied by renewed targeting operations and bombardments every now and then, amid more information about casualties, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday evening that a violent explosion rocked hours ago, the area of the contact lines between the controlled areas of the “Islamic State” organization and the areas of presence of the Syria Democratic Forces, in the outskirts of ISIS last enclave, at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, and reliable sources suggested to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, that the sound of explosion was caused by detonating a booby trapped vehicle in the area by the organization, where the Syrian Observatory monitored violent clashes in the contact area between the both parties, amid exchange of targeting on the clash areas, while the SOHR published hours ago, that forces of the International Coalition continue their movements from and to the frontlines against the “Islamic State” organization in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 8 Hummer vehicles and military trucks entered at 5 pm today to the fronts located on the outskirts of ISIS enclave, afterwards 9 similar vehicles got out, while these moves were accompanied by clashes between the Syria Democratic Forces and members of the “Islamic State” Organization, amid sporadic targeting in the clash areas, in conjunction with rocket and artillery shelling by the International Coalition Forces and warplanes; on the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled areas in the enclave, which killed at least 8 members of the Organization, while 2 fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces were killed in the same clashes, where the Syria Democratic Forces are trying to achieve more advancements within the enclave, and besiege the Organization within narrower areas, after its control was confined to al-Susah, al-Shafa, al-Baghuz Foqani, al-Bobadran, al-Safafiyyah, al-Shajla, and al-Marashdah on the east bank of Euphrates River, after the Syria Democratic Forces were able to control Hajin town, the villages of Abu Hasan and al-Bukhatir, and al-Baghuz al-Tahtani area.

And with the fall of more casualties it rose to 1050, 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 565 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.