المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Hours after the urgent call of the Syrian Observatory to open a safe passage, 23 trucks enter the front area to transport hundreds of people from the last of what remained for ISIS east of Euphrates

Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of transfers of the remaining civilians in the enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of more than 23 trucks to the front area with the Organization at the east banks of Euphrates, to transport hundreds of people who have gotten out of what remained for the Organization in the area, and reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the exit operation is believed to be significant, because of the large batch of trucks that entered the front area, and because those who remained in the enclave wish to go out of it towards the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas, where it is expected during the few coming hour for them to start exiting the area, after the truck entered at 10:30 on Tuesday morning, the 22nd of January 2019.

This large-scale exit process comes hours after the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received private audio recordings sent by families of Syrian citizens who are still in the “Islamic State” enclave within al-Baghuz town and the nearby areas, the citizens confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that several children and residents in the enclave are still under the rubble of buildings destroyed by the International Coalition through the airstrikes that targeted al-Baghuz town, and it is not known whether everyone has died so far or not, where the residents have confirmed that the evacuation of those stranded and dead from under the rubble of destruction is very difficult, because the reconnaissance drones warplanes and International Coalition warplanes are flying in the sky, and they target aby movement they monitor in al-Baghuz Foqani, and through Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; the people called on the Syria Democratic Forces to reach a humanitarian truce, under which a safe passage will be opened for the remaining civilians and those who wish to leave the remaining enclave of the Organization, after the death and killing of hundreds and after the exit of thousands out of the ISIS enclave since the US decision to withdraw from the Syrian territory.

The Syrian Observatory published hours ago that with the exit of more civilians, it rose to 23450 the number of people who have gotten out of the Organization’s enclave since early December 2018, of different nationalities of Syria, Iraq Russia, Somalia, Philippine and other Asian nationalities, and about 21400 of them have gotten out after the decision of the American president Trump to withdraw from Syria on the 19th of December 2018, including about 1390 members of the Organization of those who infiltrated within the displaced people, and they were arrested after the residents recognized them and reported the security services about their infiltration, and the other group surrendered themselves after they managed to get out of ISIS last enclave, also people of those who fled confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the Organization is greatly collapsed, and it cannot resist no more, where the Organization depends in repelling the attacks, on the heavily-planted landmines, the booby trapped vehicles and the “suicide bombers”.

The Syrian Observatory and after the large killings of civilians within the enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization since the 10th of September 2018, the date of the start of the final operation to end the existence of the Organization east of Euphrates, and as a result of the great destruction and the stay of many bodies and people trapped under the rubble of destruction caused by the military operations and bombing of the International Coalition, SOHR renews the appeal to the International Coalition and the Syria Democratic Forces top reach a humanitarian truce, in which the remaining civilians can be evacuated from the last enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization in al-Baghuz Foqani town and its vicinity, and villages connected to it and giving the remaining residents the opportunity to recover the trapped people and bodies from the under the ruins of the buildings destroyed by the International Coalition warplanes and the intensive and continuous bombardments on the area, also the SOHR renews its demand to hurry, so that more lives of civilians who have no guilt in this war are avoided, but the different circumstances prevented them from getting out the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled areas, which executed all those who were trying to get the civilians out towards the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas.

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