The decisive battle has been taking place for hours in Baghuz farms and leaves casualties, injuries, and captives of ISIS in conjunction with slow advancement of SDF in the area
Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of clashes within farms and farmland of Baghuz in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, between the remaining members of the “Islamic State” Organization against the Syria Democratic Forces, amid continuous flight for the International Coalition warplanes in the area, and carrying out strikes against sites from which ISIS members are shooting, where the Organization showed voracious resistance this morning to counter the attacks of SDF; unlike the resistance it showed during the hours of last night, and the Syrian Observatory learned that at least 8 members of the “Islamic State” Organization were killed in the shelling and clashes and their bodies were seen this morning, also the Syria Democratic Forces continue to advance in the area slowly until the moment, fearing mines and counterattacks by who is left of the Organization’s members, and the Syrian Observatory published on Sunday evening that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the Syria Democratic Forces managed to achieve advancement into Al-Baghuz farms in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, where the SDF managed to advance in parts of Al-Baghuz Camp and in farmlands surrounding Al-Baghuz from the side the Euphrates River, within a cautious advancement process for fear of landmines and counterattacks by the remaining members of the “Islamic State” organization, while reliable sources confirmed that the SDF advancement was not met by fierce resistance by the organization, and the advancement was accompanied by ground targeting, and reliable sources confirmed that the clashes started after trucks had been entered to take what remained of the organization but the latter refused to leave, while reliable sources informed the SOHR that Liwa al-Shamal al-Democrati (the Northern Democratic Brigade) and the SDF managed to capture fighters and members of the organization some of whom are injured, and the SOHR published hours ago, that it monitored the Syria Democratic Forces and the factions under their command, starting to deploy in Baghuz farms area and the vicinity of Baghuz camp area in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside at the east bank of Euphrates River, and the Syrian Observatory monitoring the storming forces advancing with the support of vehicles, artilleries, and heavy machineguns, to start the decisive operation which will end the presence of who are left of the “Islamic State” Organization east of Euphrates, after the exit of tens of thousands of civilians, fighters, and families of ISIS members of the organization’s areas of presence, control, tunnels, and trenches at the east bank of Euphrates River, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights recorded a video showing the movements of SDF in the area, and the Syrian Observatory published hours earlier that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the start of movements by the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition Forces to carry out the decisive operation, to terminate the “Islamic State” Organization by eliminating who is left of its members, who refuse to surrender and get out of trenches and tunnels previously dug by the Organization in Baghuz farms to take cover in them, and this comes after the exit of more fighters and the Organization’s families during the last 24 hours, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the exit of about 220 persons, including about 130 fighters of the Organization, it also comes with the announcement about the end of the deadline given by the SDF for those remain in the tunnels of Al-Baghuz to get out and surrender to the SDF, in the wake of the clashes and targeting which continued between members of the organization against members of the SDF, in areas in the outskirts of Al-Baghuz farms in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago, that it learned that the remainder members of the “Islamic State” Organization in Baghuz tunnels and trenches in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor; have released 3 members of the Syria Democratic Forces, in conjunction with the exit of 130 fighters among 220 people who have gotten out in the last 24 hours, and the sources confirmed that the released fighters were transferred to al-Raqqah and then they were transferred to their families, while reliable sources informed the Syrian Observatory on the 6th of November 2018 that the Syria Democratic Forces received 5 of their fighters who were captured by the “Islamic State” Organization earlier, but until now the way they were released through is not known whether they were handed over in exchange of a deal, also the Syrian Observatory received information about liberating a Yazidi woman by the Syria Democratic Forces from Jabal Sinjar on the Syrian-Iraqi border, also the Syrian Observatory monitored during the past hours that the Syria Democratic Forces await at the outskirts of the contact lines at the end of the safe road, to transport the last remaining civilians and families of the “Islamic State” Organization and members; towards camps at the countryside of al-Hasakah, and to transfer ISIS members to prisons and jails of Syria Democratic Forces.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the Syria Democratic Forces continue their preparations to receive more people who are getting out of tunnels and trenches of Baghuz farms in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and the Observatory learned that preparations coincide with targeting in some areas, between SDF members against the remaining ISIS members, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the exit of more fighters and the Organization’s families during the last 24 hours, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the exit of about 220 persons, including about 130 members of the Organization, who came out of tunnels and trenches of the Organization in Baghuz farms and surrendered themselves to the Syria Democratic Forces during the last 24 hours, while the Syrian Observatory monitored anticipation for the exit of more batches towards the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas.
The Syrian Observatory documented since early December 2018 the exit of 59000 people out of Baghuz farms and ISIS enclave before being besieged within this area, including more than 57000 people have gotten out the Organization’s enclave since the decision of the US President Trump to withdraw from Syria on the 19th of December 2018, including about 6300 members of the “Islamic State” Organization, and the majority of them are of Iraqi nationality, who have been arrested among the displaced people, after the residents were able to identify them and inform the security forces about their infiltration, while another part of them handed themselves over after they managed to get out of the last enclave of the Organization, also the Syrian Observatory learned that during the past days and weeks about 300 ISIS members managed to infiltrate through the Euphrates River to the largest and last remaining enclave of the Organization in the Syrian Desert within the areas that are controlled by the regime forces, Russians, and the Iranians in north of Palmyra.
At the same time, the Syrian Observatory documented the transfer and handover of hundreds of members of the “Islamic State” Organization and its fighters to the Iraqi authorities, and the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: about 400 members of the “Islamic State” Organization including members of western nationalities were transported and handed over to the Iraqi army.
Pictures by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights show the shelling on the areas where members of the “Islamic State” Organization are present in Baghuz farms