The well-known ISIS commanders absent in the wake of seizing large amounts of ammunition, weapons and manufacturing equipment by the Coalition and the SDF amid achieving slow advancement with firepower support as a result of the heavily-planted landmines
Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continued military operations in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, at the last areas remaining under the control of the “Islamic State” organization east of the Euphrates River, where the Syrian Observatory monitored today at 4:00 am, Saturday the 12th of January 2019, the exit of 5 large carriers, carrying vehicles and military equipment for manufacturing weapons used by the organization, while at the 6:00 am, bombardment and shelling by the International Coalition forces and warplanes targeted Al-Susah area, and lasted for about half an hour, amid continued clashes between the remaining members of the organization against the Syria Democratic Forces, in areas in the vicinity of Al-Susah and Al-Baghuz Foqani, the last 2 remaining areas left under the control of the organization, where the SOHR monitored slow advancement by the SDF as a result of the landmines that have been planted heavily by the organization, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of a column of the International Coalition of 6 Hummer vehicles and a military truck within a rotation of their forces that are present on the contact lines with the organization, the SOHR also monitored that the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition have seized large amounts of ammunition, weapons, missiles and equipment in Al-Sha’afa area and the areas which they recently advanced into.
Reliable sources confirmed again to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, that the organization is taking its last breath, at the eastern banks of the Euphrates, where there are only few hundreds of its members of infiltrators and suicide bombers, and those wanted by the International Coalition, and most of those who are remaining in the enclave are of Iraqi nationality, and in a survey by the Syrian Observatory about the well-known commanders of the “Islamic State” organization, the reliable sources which came out of ISIS enclave, confirmed that ISIS known commanders are not present and do not appear in the area, even the commanders of “al-Hisba” and the security members have not seen for long, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday, that it monitored today evening, Friday, the entry of 3 minesweepers and other vehicles of the International Coalition to the contact areas east of the Euphrates, also today, Friday, witnessed the entry of a column of the International Coalition in the afternoon, where 9 Hummer vehicles and 2 military Zil trucks have entered the contact areas, followed by the exit of another column of 7 Hummer vehicles and 2 military Zil trucks, while the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that the operation of the International Coalition and the Syria Democratic Forces for ending the “Islamic State” Organization east of Euphrates; have completed its 4th consecutive month, since its launch on the 10th of September 2018 until the 10th of January 2019, where the last month of military operations was marked by the rapid collapse of the organization and the mass flee of its population, and also the first request for withdrawal by the organization, in addition to the decrease in killings of civilians and the increase in number of casualties among members of the “Islamic State” Organization, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the Syria Democratic Forces in the fourth month since the 10th of December 2018, until 10 January 2019 achieving of broad advancement, where they controlled the enclave of the “Islamic State” organization except for the towns of al-Susah and al-Baghuz Foqani and part of al-Shafa town on the east bank of Euphrates, after a ground offensive exploiting the collapse of the “Islamic State” organization and the flee of hundreds of its members either to the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, surrendering, or arresting them by the Syria Democratic Forces, and by fire support from the International Coalition forces whether through aerial bombardment or ground shelling targeted the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled enclave.
While The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented large numbers of casualties during this 4th month, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 43 civilians including 17 children and 11 women in several areas of the ISIS-controlled enclave at the east bank of Euphrates in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented since the 10th of December 2018, until 10 January 2019 the death of 233 members of the “Islamic State” organization, while the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 92 fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces during the same period, raising the death toll since the start of the military operation on the 10th September 2018 to 367 civilians including 130 children and 83 citizen women (including 205 Syrian citizens including 85 children and 54 women of Syrian nationality), and the Syrian Observatory also documented the killing of 1098 members and leaders of the “Islamic State” Organization since the 10th of November to 10 December 2018, while the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 609 fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces during the same period, and the Syrian Observatory learned that the Organization called on the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition to open a safe passage for it to move to the Iraqi desert, but their request was rejected, and it was given one offer, “surrender or die”, where this is the first request by the Organization to withdraw, despite the ferocity of the previous attacks by the Syria Democratic Forces, and the local sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the “Islamic State” organization has collapsed greatly and it can no longer hold anymore, where the organization depends in repelling the attacks, on the heavily-planted landmines, the booby trapped vehicles and the “suicide bombers”, and earlier sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, that the number of those who remained in the enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization is much lower than before, in conjunction with significant decrease in number of fighters, who were divided between supporters of the surrender and between escapee, dead, wounded, and searchers for escape from the area towards the west of Euphrates areas, while several sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the presence of fighters refusing to surrender who want to resistance to the end; and the presence of large numbers of mines planted within the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled areas; are still preventing the Syria Democratic Forces from taking full control of the area and put an end the presence of the organization east of Euphrates River.