The death of more citizens raises the number of casualties to 19 persons at least including 12 children and citizen women in the massacre of the river crossing between Al-Bokamal and Al-Baghuz

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the number of casualties is continuing to increase by the massacre which was carried out by warplanes in the river crossing between Al-Bokamal and Al-Baghuz in the far of the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, near the Syrian – Iraqi border last night, in which the number of casualties who were killed in this massacre which was carried out by warplanes that targeted that water crossing between the areas mentioned above, on Thursday night the 19th of October 2017, has increased to 19 persons at least including 7 children below the age of eighteen and 5 citizen women over the age of eighteen, while the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of serious injuries, and there is information about missing people.

In the same context, the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor is witnessing renewed raids by the warplanes on areas there, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that warplanes believed to be related to the International Coalition carried out strikes that targeted Al-Sha’fa desert, and the bombardment also hit an oilfield resulted in breaking out fire on it, and the warplanes bombed areas in the countryside of Al-Bokamal city, without information about casualties, and the regime forces shelled areas in Al-Dahlah village on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River opposite Al-Boleel area which is controlled by the regime forces in the west of the Euphrates River, which resulted in the death of 3 citizens of one family they are a woman, her son and her daughter, as well as the injury of others with varying degrees of severity.