International Coalition warplanes bomb the east bank of Euphrates as the violent clashes continue between SDF against the remaining ISIS members to end the existence of the latter
Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The International Coalition warplanes continue to fly over the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, and carry out of airstrikes on places in al-Shafa and other places under the control of the “Islamic State” Organization, within its last enclave east of Euphrates, while the clash continue between members of the organization against Syria Democratic Forces in the area, in continuous attacks by SDF in order to control more sites and end the presence of the “Islamic State” there, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of military operations in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the continuation of clashes between members of the “Islamic State” organization against the Syria Democratic Forces, in areas at the ISIS-controlled enclave on the east bank of Euphrates River, where the Syrian Observatory monitored at four o’clock on Friday afternoon, the 4th of January 2019, that a Coalition convoy of 7 US Hummer vehicles and 2 military trucks have left, and the clashes between both parties were accompanied by continuous targeting between both parties, and confirmed information about more casualties among members of the organization, whose morale is deteriorating day after day according to reliable local sources, with weakness in repelling attacks of the Syria Democratic Forces.
And with the fall of more casualties it rose to 1063 the number of fighters of the “Islamic State” organization, who were killed in shelling, clashes, bombings, and raids within the enclave of the organization since the 10th of September 2018, also it rose to about 571, the number 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, also the Syria Democratic Forces managed to arrest more than 500 members of the “Islamic State” Organization, of who infiltrated with the displaced people and fled the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled areas, the sources confirmed that most of the arrests were carried out after information from the people who got out of the enclave about their infiltration, while others have surrendered themselves after they managed to leave ISIS last enclave.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received information from tens of people who have gotten out of the ISIS-enclave at the east bank of Euphrates River, towards the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas, that the Organization is in an accelerated collapse situation, as a result of its internal conflicts and its inability to control the security of the remaining areas, which are al-Susah, al-Shafa, al-Baghuz Foqani, and the villages of al-Bobadran, al-Shajla, al-Kashmeh, al-Safafiyyah, and al-Marashdah.
Reliable sources told the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the “Islamic State” is in a significant breakdown situation, where it no longer has enough power to prevent the people in the last enclave from escaping towards the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas, where the recent advancement in the area are forcing the Organization to retreat and withdraw instantly without any regard for civilians, and without being able to force them to retreat.
The reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the remaining members of the “Islamic State” Organization in its enclave extending on a part of the east bank of Euphrates River; are divided into 2 main sections, one which supports the surrender to the SDF, and another refuses to surrender and fights the Syria Democratic Forces violently, in an attempt to prevent their progress within the rest of the enclave, which in the event ISIS lost, it will lose its last populated areas within the Syrian territory, while the “Islamic state” Organization earlier carried out executions against several members who allowed civilians to flee towards the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas, also the people confirmed that fighters who objected to continue to fight to the end and preferred to surrender were executed, while the Syrian Observatory published in the last 24 hours that more than 1000 persons were able today Thursday in the afternoon to leave the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled areas, at the east bank of Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where they were transported by vehicles and cars belong to the Syria Democratic Forces to their controlled areas, raising to 12450, the number of people who have gotten out of the organization’s enclave in December 2018, of different nationalities of Syria, Iraq Russia, Somalia, Philippine and other Asian nationalities, and about 9350 of them have gotten out after the decision of the American president Trump to withdraw from Syria on the 19th of December 2018, also the Syria Democratic Forces managed to arrest more than 500 members of the “Islamic State” Organization, of who infiltrated with the displaced people and fled the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled areas, the sources confirmed that most of the arrests were carried out after information from the people who got out of the enclave about their infiltration, while others have surrendered themselves after they managed to leave ISIS last enclave.