المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The news about the control of SDF and the Coalition over what remains ISIS enclave in which it is trapped with a fortune of gold and money is false

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: several reliable sources told the Syrian Observatory that the news about the control of the Syria Democratic and the International Coalition over the entire area of east Euphrates, and, that they were able to control the remaining enclave of the ” Islamic State” Organization at the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, about 2 km², this news is false, where the Syrian Observatory learned that the Syria Democratic Forces are still trying with the Coalition to achieve more advancement and to confine the Organization more and control the entire area, but because the remaining space in the perimeter of ISIS area is exposed, the amount of planted mines, and the continued targeting of this area by ISIS members; the Coalition and SDF were not able to advancement more, while the coalition warplanes continue to bombard the area occasionally, amid constant clashes between both parties.

The Syrian Observatory monitored that the clashes caused more casualties in the ranks of both parties, where it rose to 19 at least, the number of fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces who were killed in the last 4 days in which the clashes returned and erupted, also it rose to 27 at least including 8 suicide bombers (at least 3 of them blew themselves up with booby-trapped vehicles), were killed in the clashes and attacks, raising to 679, he number of fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces who have been killed since the 10th of November 2018, also it rose to 1306, the number of fighters and leaders of the “Islamic State” Organization who were killed in the shelling, clashes, bombings, and raids, also it rose to 417 people including 151 children and 86 citizen women (including 233 Syrian citizens including 99 children and 57 women of Syrian nationality) the number of civilians killed since the 10th of December 2018, also the “Islamic State” Organization had executed more than 716 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.

Also  the Observatory monitored a renewed shelling by the Syria Democratic Forces and the international coalition, targeted the remaining places controlled by the organization, at a time when ISIS continues to take civilians and families of its remaining members in the enclave as human shields, to protect itself from being bombed by the international coalition, also and the targeting operations are accompanied by clashes between the Syria Democratic Forces against the remaining members of the “Islamic State” Organization, amid exchange of targeting in the clash areas, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that SDF managed to reduce the control of ISIS again with the support of the international coalition, and confine it in an enclave no more than 2 square kilometers, in a constant pressure in order for the organization to hand itself over.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from several reliable sources that the International Coalition is not targeting the area where the remaining leaders of the Organization and members are fortified in, and it is trying to force the Organization to surrender and go out to the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas.

Reliable sources added to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, that in the area where the Organization is holed up with its leaders and members, there are about 40 tons of gold in addition to tens of millions of dollars remain in the possession of the Organization, and the Syrian Observatory learned that gold in the area was collected from all the areas that used to be controlled by ISIS, also, a part of these huge amounts of gold were transported from Turkey to the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled areas through Turkish mediators and leaders in the Organization, who have close ties with the Turkish authorities and their intelligence, where the Coalition forces are trying to force the Organization to surrender in order to get the gold and the huge amounts of money in its possession.

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