The forces of “Al-Jazeera Storm” operation continue their clashes in the south of Al-Hasakah and enter villages in the north-western countryside of Deir Ezzor

The southern countryside of Al-Hasakah city is witnessing the continuation of the forces of “Al-Jazeera Storm” operation to carry out attacks on the area, in an attempt to advance and regain the biggest possible area from the “Islamic State” organization, which defends its controlled areas against the attackers, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that violent clashes are taking place between the Syria Democratic Forces against the members of the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in the entrance of Markada town, which is the last town controlled by the organization in Al-Hasakah province, and in other areas in the vicinity of the town, amid exchange of shelling in the contact areas as well as shelling by the International Coalition from time to time that target the clash areas between the both parties.

These clashes and the advancement attempts coincide with the entry of the SDF to the villages which the organization withdrew from, on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River in the north-western countryside of Al-Raqqah, in which cross-sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the SDF started to enter the villages of al-Hesan, Shaqra, Ji’aa and al-Alayna, after the organization withdrew from them few days before unannounced agreement with the SDF, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published 3 days ago, what a number of reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, that the “Islamic State” organization withdrew from the villages that were under its control in the area between al-Husseiniya village -which is controlled by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them- and Mhimideh village -which is controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces, these villages are: Al-Jninah, Shaqra, Ji’aa, al-Alayna, al-Hesan, Sfireh Foqani and Sfireh Tahtani east of the Euphrates River and northwest of Deir Ezzor city, the sources confirmed that the organization withdrew from these villages towards areas in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where the Syria Democratic Forces have entered several villages and started sweeping where they entered, in conjunction with completing their advancement towards the rest of the villages which are now ISIS-free, thus, the entire northwestern countryside of Deir Ezzor is free from the “Islamic State” organization.

The Sources informed the Syrian Observatory that the withdrawal took place by an unannounced agreement between the organization and the “Jazeera Storm” Operation, by securing a withdrawal corridor for the organization towards its controlled areas in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, in exchange for getting out of these villages, and with this agreement the area stretching from the north of Deir Ezzor city near the eastern banks of the Euphrates River opposite to Deir Ezzor city until Al-Raqqah administrative border, and from the administrative border of Al-Hasaka Province border near Markadah until Khrizah Desert east of Koniko field are under the control of the Syria Democratic forces, except for the villages on the Euphrates River and opposite to Deir Ezzor city and its airbase, which are controlled by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities.