The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

A trio suicidal bombing by 2 women and a man kills 6 members of the SDF while being transported to the latter’s controlled areas after they got out of the tunnels and trenches of Al-Baghuz farms

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that a number of members of the Syria Democratic Forces were killed in the suicidal bombings which took place in the recent hours by suicide bombers of the “Islamic State” organization, and the SOHR learned that 6 members of the Syria Democratic Forces were killed due to bombings by 3 persons (2 women and a man) who blew themselves up using explosive belts, after claiming that they came out of the organization’s tunnels and trenches in Al-Baghuz farms and head towards the controlled areas of the SDF, and as the latter’s members were advancing to take them, the 3 suicide bombers blew themselves up, and the Syrian Observatory published last night that it monitored the details of the number of those who have got out today of Al-Baghuz farms towards the controlled areas of the Syria Democratic Forces, where the SOHR learned that about 650 women and children were among 1300 persons who left the area today, in addition to 79 men of the Iraqi nationality, 102 of the Syrian one and 85 others of foreign nationalities, in the same context, the cautious and relative calm is still heading the scene within Al-Baghuz farms after the stop of the ground targeting, shelling and clashes today morning, Thursday, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that it learned that 2 members of the Syria Democratic were transferred to their relatives, after being released by the remaining members of the “Islamic State” Organization where they were captured earlier, the Syrian Observatory monitored delivering them to their families in al-Raqqah, while the Syrian Observatory learned that it is still underway; the operation of receiving those who are getting out of Baghuz farms’ tunnels and trenches in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside near the east banks of Euphrates River, after the stop of the ground targeting, shelling, and clashes, on the morning, of Thursday, the 14th of March 2019, where about 1300 persons have reached the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas, and most of them are of the Organization’s members.

 raising the number of people who have gotten out to 2200 in the last 24 hours including families of Lebanese and Moroccan nationalities, raising the number of people who have been documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights since early December 2018 to 61300 people, they got out of Baghuz farms and ISIS enclave before being besieged within this area, including more than 59300 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 6690 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.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the stop of shelling less than two hours ago; led to the exit of a large batch of hundreds of members of the “Islamic State” Organization who were in tunnels and trenches of Baghuz farms, along with members of their families who were in the same area, where they are expected to arrive at the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas fully, to take them to detention centers and relocate the families to al-Hool camp, after the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that the combat operations and the decisive operation in Baghuz farms on the east bank of Euphrates River continue, where military operations escalate at night and gets calm as the day begins, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the stop of combat operations about an hour ago on the clash fronts and the contact lines between SDF and ISIS in Baghuz farms, where the hours of last night until this morning witnessed successive strikes by the International Coalition, targeted areas of presence of the Organization and its positions in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, then the calm returned, and a new batch is likely to get out in the next few hours in case a new round of violent clashes between both parties did not take place, which killed about 11 fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces in addition to 16 fighters of the Organization, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continued clashes and military operations in the area of Al-Baghuz farms in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; the Syria Democratic Forces continued their attack and managed to achieve advancement in a number of points within the area of Al-Baghuz farms and hold their control of them, which pushed the organization with its remaining members to carry out counter attacks using booby-trapped vehicles and suicide bombers, and reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that at least 5 ISIS members blew themselves up by explosive belts and booby-trapped vehicles, which caused material damage, within 16 casualties in the ranks of the organization, while the SOHR documented the death of 11 members at least of the SDF, in addition to the injury of others, while the clashes are still continued between the both parties in an attempt to achieve further advancement and force what left of the organization to surrender or get out of the tunnels and trenches they hide in, while the SOHR published hours ago, that violent clashes are taking place between the remainder members of the “Islamic State” Organization against the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition, in places in Baghuz farms area in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside on the east bank of Euphrates River, and the reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the Organization took advantage of the dust storm that hit the Deir Ezzor countryside area, and carried out a counterattack against SDF in the area, by about 5 booby-traps vehicles and suicide bombers, in conjunction with an attack by “infiltration” members of the Organization, in an attempt to inflict the largest number of casualties among Syria Democratic Forces, and reliable sources confirmed that the attack occurred suddenly and in hours considered crucial for the underway battle in the area, which aims to completely eliminate the Organization and end its presence in the area, where the clashes killed at least 9 ISIS members, with confirmed information about casualties among SDF due to bombings, and the clashes were accompanied by bombardment by the International Coalition which detonated a booby-trapped vehicle of the Organization, while the clashes continue with exchange of targeting by machineguns and medium and heavy weapons between both parties.

The Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that a new batch of ISIS fighters turned themselves in on Wednesday morning, the 13th of March 2019, from Baghuz farms area east of Euphrates River, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: about 90 fighters of the Organization handed themselves in the morning to the Syria Democratic Forces, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of aerial bombardment by International Coalition warplanes on the Organization’s sites in al-Baghuz farms, in conjunction with continuous and renewed rocket shelling by the Syria Democratic Forces in the area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this morning that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of pressure by the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition, on the remainder members of the “Islamic State” Organization within Baghuz farms in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, by intensifying the continuous aerial and missile shelling since Wednesday morning, in order to force the Organization’s members with their families to surrender eventually, while the shelling this morning decreased of the previous hours of the night and the dawn of today, and the Syrian Observatory published during the past hours that the numbers of those getting out of the tunnels and trenches of the “Islamic State” organization in Al-Baghuz farms.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored bombardment by the International Coalition warplanes on the areas of presence of the organization and the movements of the its remaining members, amid exchange of ground shelling on the contact areas between the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition on one hand, against the remaining members of the “Islamic State” organization on the other, in areas between Al-Baghuz town and the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, and the SOHR monitored successive explosions believed to be caused by targeting to a large munitions store which resulted in the explosion of its contents, amid ground shelling by the coalition and targeting by heavy machineguns, missiles and artillery and mortar shells, amid an attempt to storm the organization’s positions in one of the axes, by the SDF and the ground forces, while the area is witnessing escalation of shelling as evening starts, while the International Coalition forces and warplanes and despite the heavy shelling, have not been able to open the way before the SDF to advance or force the remaining ISIS members to retreat, amid continued sweeping by the SDF and the Coalition to the areas where they have advanced into, while there is no notable advancement achieved in the area of Al-Baghuz farms near the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, while the SOHR published in the recent hours, that 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, 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.