The “Islamic State” organization advances by carrying out counter attacks and regains positions of which it lost yesterday in the besieged circle of the east of Hama

Hama Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: areas in Talaf village in the southern countryside of Hama, were shelled by regime forces, which caused material damage, but no information about casualties, the violent clashes are also continuing between regime forces supported by gunmen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities on one hand, and members of ISIS on the other, in areas in the north-eastern countryside of Salamiyah city, in the eastern countryside of Hama, where the clashes are accompanied by exchange of shelling in the clash areas, and intensive shelling by regime forces on areas controlled by the organization, Russian warplanes also carried out more raids which targeted areas in the eastern countryside of Hama, targeting villages in Uqayribat Township, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that ISIS managed to achieve advancement in the area and regain the control of the position which it lost, and information about regaining the control of Al-Makaymin village which was dominated by the regime forces yesterday.

And regime forces managed yesterday to advance and take control of the villages of Salba and Al-Makaymen respectively after it had seized the control over Jana Al-‘Alabawi the day before yesterday. It had also managed a few days ago to take control of the villages of the northern Al-Dakilah, the southern Al-Dakilah and Um Haratayen.

And the SOHR published also that 7 citizens at least, including 4 members of one family, including a man and his wife, were killed and about 24 others were injured with varying degrees of severity, as a result of dozens of raids carried out by warplanes on areas controlled by ISIS in the eastern countryside of Salamiyah city in the eastern countryside of Hama, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the casualties were killed by targeting by these warplanes to Abul Fashafish village, where the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of injuries in serious cases, as Hama countryside has witnessed for the past 24 hours intensive raids in villages within the besieged circle which includes the eastern countryside of Hama with the part which is connected with it of the eastern countryside of Homs, thus, the number of casualties who were killed by the intensive bombing during the past 72 hours, on the villages which are controlled by the organization in the eastern countryside of Hama and which there are about 5 thousand citizens are still besieged in a circle surrounded by regime forces and gunmen loyal to them, has increased to 32 people at least including 6 children and 6 citizen women, these raids also resulted in the injury of about 75 citizens with varying degrees of severity, which makes the number of casualties be likely to increase, amid great lack of the medical ability to rescue serious cases or badly injured.