The Russians and the regime forces continue their military operation towards the capital of “Al-Khair State” with continuous aerial and ground shelling and violent fighting on the banks of the Euphrates

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: explosions are still rocking the countryside of Deir Ezzor city, as a result of the continuation of the military operations which are led by the regime with the anticipation of aerial and ground Russian forces, in which warplanes whose identity is not known if they were Russian, carried out several raids on areas in Hatla and Al-Salihiyah villages, north of Deir Ezzor city, in conjunction with shelling by the regime forces on areas in Marrat and Al-Salihiyah villages, amid violent shelling by the regime forces by shells and missiles on areas in Al-Mayadin city and the villages of Bakrus, Al-Boleel, Al-Zbari and Sa’loo and other areas on the western banks of the Euphrates River, accompanied by shelling on areas in Hatla town and Marrat and Al-Salihiyah villages in the east of the Euphrates River.

These raids and shelling are accompanied by the continuation of the violent clashes between the members of the “Islamic State” organization against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, in several areas in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, in a continuous attempt by the regime forces since yesterday to achieve more advancement and reach Al-Mayadin city which the organization took as the capital of “Al-Khair State”, while clashes are taking place between the both parties in areas in the outskirts of Hatla town and its vicinity on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, amid exchange of targeting on the both clash areas.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this morning, that warplanes believed to be Russian carried out a new massacre on the western banks of the Euphrates River, in the eastern countryside, during the last night, in which 14 citizens at least including 7 children and citizen women at least were killed, as a result of raids targeted Mahkan area and its water crossing between Mahkan area in the east of Al-Mayadin at the western bank of the Euphrates River, and Ziban and Al-Tayyanah areas in the east of the Euphrates River, during an attempt by families to leave to Deir Ezzor desert, for fear of the massacres that exhausted them, and the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of serious injuries, while a man and his son were killed and others were injured, as a result of bombing by warplanes yesterday on areas in Hajin in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, thus, the death toll increases to 223 persons at least including 49 children and 58 citizen woman, of who have been killed in the bombing, since the dawn of Friday the 29th of September 2017 until the 6th of October 2017, as a result of the bombing on Deir Ezzor province, the intensive raids also left tens of injuries, some of them are still in serious cases, which may raise the death toll.