Without any advancement on the ground, the decisive battle continues in Baghuz farms in conjunction with the exit of a new batch from the area
Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the clashes continue sporadically within the agricultural lands of Baghuz in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, between the Syria Democratic and Forces against members of the “Islamic state” Organization, accompanied by continuous and renewed shelling every now and then by the International Coalition and the SDF, but without any real progress in the battlefield, and in the same context, no information has been received yet about the authenticity of the information promoted by the regime forces and media outlets close to Turkey; about a massacre of tens of civilians by shelling targeted Baghuz camp, while tens of people were able to get out on Tuesday morning, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored continuous rocket shelling operations by the Syria Democratic Forces targeted sites within Baghuz farms on the east bank of Euphrates River, in continuous attempts to pressure the remainder members of the “Islamic State” Organization there and force them to surrender, and these bombardments coincide with a new exit process of ISIS members, where tens of them have gotten out of the area, amid slow advancement for the SDF in the area due to the density of planted mines and fears of counterattacks by ISIS members, also the Syrian Observatory documented more human casualties within 36 hours of the decisive battle of SDF and the International Coalition, where it rose to 19, the number of killed ISIS members in 36 hours of battle, while 5 members of the Syria Democratic Forces wert killed and 8 others were injured, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday evening that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continued rocket and aerial bombardment by the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition warplanes, on the positions of those remain of the “Islamic State” organization within Al-Baghuz farms in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, while the continued shelling is coincided with renewed exchange of targeting by medium and heavy machineguns between the SDF against ISIS members in the area, the Syrian Observatory have documented more human losses against the backdrop of the decisive battle launched by the SDF and the International Coalition, where it rose to at least 17 members including 3 suicidal bombers, the number of casualties in the ranks of the organization who were killed in shelling and clashes against the SDF in Al-Baghuz farms, while 5 fighters of the SDF were also killed in the same operations, in addition to the injury of 8 other fighters of the SDF, and the death toll is expected to increase due to the presence of injured cases in serious conditions, as well as information about other casualties, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that the Syrian Observatory monitoring continuous ground shelling by Syria Democratic Forces, targeted places in the lands around Baghuz town near the east bank of Euphrates River, where the ground shelling of the Coalition and SDF is accompanied with the targeting by machineguns and shells between them against ISIS members, amid the flight of the International Coalition warplanes in the sky of the area, and occasionally targeting the Organization’s movements in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, while the Syrian Observatory monitored difficulty in the advancement process by the Syria Democratic Forces in the area, due to fear of a sudden counterattacks by booby-trapped vehicles or tunnels, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the exit of about 120 members and their families from these tunnels and trenches, raising the number of people who have gotten out to 340 in the last 48 hours, raising the number of people who have been documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights since early December 2018 to 59120 people, they got out of Baghuz farms and ISIS enclave before being besieged within this area, including more than 57120 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 400 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.
In the same context, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of clashes at a deferent pace, between the remaining members of the “Islamic State” Organization against the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition Forces, in Baghuz farms and in the vicinity of its tunnels, trenches, and camp, amid occasional renewed targeting by the International Coalition warplanes against areas of movements of the remainder ISIS members, amid information about casualties in the shelling, and the reliable sources confirmed that the road between areas of presence of the Organization and areas the presence of SDF -which was previously used by the people who have gotten out- is still open and there is no clashes there, and the Syrian Observatory published Monday morning that 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, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights 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.
Pictures by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights show the exit of tens of people in a new batch out of Baghuz farms on the east bank of Euphrates River
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Video by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights shows the exit of tens of people in a new batch out of Baghuz farms on the east bank of Euphrates River