More than 30 casualties of members of the “Islamic State” organization and the regime forces during an aerial landing in the triangle of Al-Raqqah – Deir Ezzor – Homs
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that 25 members at least of the “Islamic State” organization were killed and others were injured during the aerial landing carried out by the regime forces with an aerial cover of Russian helicopters and warplanes, on the north of Wahat Al-Kum area in the administrative triangle between Al-Raqqah, Homs and Deir Ezzor, following the intensive shelling and violent clashes that took place between the members of the “Islamic State” organization on one hand, and the members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities on the other, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also documented the killing of six members at least of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them one of them is a commander, where the regime forces managed during this operation to penetrate into the borders of the province of Homs, and approach to besiege completely on thousands of kilometers controlled by the “Islamic State” organization in the provinces of Homs and Hama.
And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on Saturday the 12th of August 2017 that it learned that the regime forces managed to go deep into the administrative borders of the northeastern countryside of Homs, coming from the southern countryside of al-Raqqa, where the regime forces go deep into a distance of about 15 km and managed to control the villages of Al-Kadeer, Kharbet Makman and nearby wells near Wahet Al-Koum area which is still controlled by the “Islamic State” organization. The regime forces entered the administrative border of Homs coming from al-Raqqa for the first time since the 14th of July 2017, where they managed to control oil wells and fields in the far northeast of Homs.
This advancement, which was achieved by the regime forces through their attack from their positions at the triangle area of al-Raqqa – Homs – Deir Ezzor administrative border, allowed the regime forces to reduce the remaining distance in the countryside of Homs between their forces advancing from al-Raqqa – Deir Ezzor administrative border area and their forces stationed in the city of al-Sokhna, which also are trying to achieve significant advancement and control more areas, so that the distance between both forces of the regime is about 35 km, and if the regime forces managed to advance in the area and control this remaining area and their forces managed to meet each other, the “Islamic State” organization will be besieged in thousands of kilometers extending from this advancement line to the south of Athriya road passing through oil fields and wells, the eastern countryside of Hama to al-Shumaria Mountains area in the northeastern countryside of Homs, and the countryside of Jub al-Jerah which is about 50 km from the city of Homs, and the clashes and an exchange of shelling caused human losses in the ranks of both parties including a military commander of a group of Tiger Forces led by Brigadier of the regime forces Suhail al-Hassan.