Regime forces supported by Russian warplanes fight desperately to re-open the passage to the Brigade 137, and ISIS continues its violent attack and explodes more booby trapped vehicles

Al-Jurah and Al-Qosur neighborhoods were shelled by the “Islamic State” organization by a number of mortar shells fell on areas in the neighborhoods controlled by the regime forces in the city, which caused material damage, without any information about casualties, while explosions are still shaking the vicinity of Deir al-Zour city, caused by the continuation of violent counter attack by the members of ISIS on the area of the gap which the regime forces managed to open on Tuesday afternoon, the 5th of September 2017, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that ISIS continues its firearm control of the gab mentioned above, thus, it paralyzes the regime forces from crossing to the Brigade 137, while the regime forces supported by militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities and by the Russian warplanes fight desperately to retake the control of the gab and reopen it, while the number of booby trapped vehicles exploded by ISIS has increased to 6 vehicles at least till now, targeted the positions of the regime forces in the area of the gab and the vicinity of the Brigade, amid violent fighting between the both parties, and confirmed information about casualties in the ranks of the both parties.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that violent explosions shook areas in the vicinity of Deir Ezzor city, caused by explosions and escalated shelling on the area, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the “Islamic State” organization started a violent counter attack in the sunset of Tuesday the 5th of September 2017, targeted the gap which was opened by the regime forces in the middle of the minefield in the Brigade 137, where groups of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them managed to cross through it, to the Brigade 137 area, which has been besieged for more than 32 months, and where they managed to achieved the first step to lift the siege of the besieged area in the north-western section of Deir Ezzor city, which includes the Brigade 137, an which is connected with Jam’eyyat Al-Zuhor, Al-Jorah and Al-Qosur neighborhoods and a part of Al-Rashideen and Al-Hawaiqah neighborhoods, and parts of Al-Jibailyah and Al-Mwazafeen neighborhoods.

Reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the “Islamic State” organization started its attack by exploding 4 booby trapped vehicles targeted the regime forces in the area of the gap which is connecting between the advanced forces and the brigade 137, amid an attack by intruders and groups of ISIS members, where the clashes are taking place between them on one hand, and the members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities on the other, accompanied by intensive shelling by the organization and violent shelling by the regime forces, in an attempt to prevent the organization from re-blocking the gap and imposing the siege again over the north-western area of Deir Ezzor city, and confirmed information about the death and the injury of members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in this attack, in addition to the death of members of the organization in this attack, and sources confirmed to the SOHR that the gap which the regime forces crossed to the Brigade 137 is no longer safe after observing snipers and members of the “Islamic State” organization.