More than 600 persons including 50 ISIS members arrive in the SDF-controlled areas and a column of trucks arrives to transport a new batch after the exit of 27550 persons since Trump’s decision
Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the exit of more persons from the enclave of the “Islamic State” organization, and from the controlled areas of the Syria Democratic forces, to other areas away from the battle fronts, within the controlled areas of the SDF which aim to end the presence of the organization in the entire east of the Euphrates, after confining the organization in a small enclave at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, and the SOHR learned today morning, Saturday the 26th of January 2019, that more than 600 persons including at least 50 members of the organization, have got out, and reliable sources confirmed that some of the citizens are leaving towards areas away from the battle fronts, after the area comes under the control of the SDF, thus, it rose to 29600, 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 27550 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 2270 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 for Human Rights also monitored the continued movement by the International Coalition forces of entry and exit from and to the contact lines and fronts with the “Islamic State” organization, where about 17 military and Hummer vehicles entered the area today morning, Saturday, while the SOHR monitored the entry of 20 vehicles to the front area, to bring out hundreds of the remaining citizens and families of ISIS members, while the Syrian Observatory monitored bombardment by the International Coalition warplanes and artillery on the remaining areas left under the control of the organization, while the SOHR published today morning, Saturday, that the International Coalition’s forces that are stationed in Al-Omar Oilfield in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, shelled places on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, where the shelling targeted farms between Al-Baghuz Foqani town and Al-Marashdah village during the last night, which killed 42 persons at least they are: 13 citizens including 7 members of the families of ISIS members among them 3 children, of the Syrian nationality, and the rest 6 persons are of the Iraqi nationality, as well as 29 members of the “Islamic State” organization, the shelling also left a large number of casualties, where the death toll may increase because of the presence of serious injuries, thus, it rose to 1250, the number of members and leaders of the “Islamic State” Organization who were killed in the clashes, detonations and raids, while it rose to 658, the number of fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces who have been killed since the 10th of November to 10 December 2018, while the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that it rose to 401 people including 144 children and 86 citizen women (including 233 Syrian citizens including 99 children and 57 women of Syrian nationality) since the 10th of December 2018, also the “Islamic State” Organization had executed more than 713 detainees, of who were arrested on various charges including security members and members of the Organization who tried to break away of it and escape its controlled areas, and the executions were carried out inside headquarters and detention centers of the Organization, and within its controlled areas which are today confined to the towns of Sha’afah, al-Susah, al-Baghuz and villages of Abu Hasan, Bo Badran, al-Marashdah, al-Shajla, al-Kashmeh, al-Safiya and al-Bukhatir suburb east of Hajin, which extends along the east bank of Euphrates, along with its last enclave in the deserts of Homs and Deir Ezzor.