The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Air strikes on Al-Mayadin and shells target Deir Ezzor city

Deri Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that warplanes believed to be related to the International Coalition, targeted the dawn of the 12th of September 2017, an area of car parks near Al-Rahba Fortress in the outskirts of Al-Mayadin city, which caused material damage, and the warplanes targeted a week ago tunnels and fortifications constructed by the organization in the vicinity of Al-Rahba Fortress at the outskirts of Al-Mayadeen city, and they also targeted vehicles hidden by the organization in the area as well as tanks and engineering mechanisms parked near the fortress, which caused great destruction in the place.

On the other hand, an explosion was heard in Deir Ezzor city, caused by the fall of shells fired by the “Islamic State” organization on areas in Al-Qosur neighborhood which is controlled by the regime forces, and no information about casualties was reported, also warplanes bombed places in Al-Tareef area in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor city, which resulted in the death of a man and the injury of others, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that it monitored the warplanes carry out again a new massacre in the place of a massacre they carried out yesterday in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, where warplanes believed to be Russian targeted the area of Hawayej Thiab on the banks of the Euphrates River in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, killing 7 civilians including 4 children and 2 female citizens, and other citizens were also injured, and this massacre increased the number of people who were killed during the past 72 hours by bombing by Russian warplanes and others believed to be Russian on the banks of Euphrates River, to 76  including 30 children and women, where theses strikes targeted dozens of ferry boats in Al-Boleel in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and other ferry boats in Hawayej Ziab Shamiyyah area, and two camps for displaced people, one in them is in Al-Kharita area and the other is in the nearby area of Zghir Shamiyyah on the western banks of the Euphrates River in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, while the death toll is still likely to rise because of the presence of tens of injuries in dangerous cases, and some another was injured with permanently disabled.