The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The “Islamic State” organization achieves a new advancement and controls a new town forcing the regime forces to retreat to al-Mayadin city

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the clashes continue between the regime forces supported by gunmen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against members of the “Islamic State” organization, in areas at the west banks of the Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of al-Mayadin city and in the vicinity of the city, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that learned that the “Islamic State” organization was able to achieve a new advancement in the area, where it regained control of Mahkan town east of al-Mayadin city, where it forced the regime forces to retreat to Al-Mayadin city which was the capital of the “al-Khair State”, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that it the violent clashes are continuing between the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian, Arab and Asian nationalities against the members of the “Islamic State” organization of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, and the later managed by continuing its attack to regain the control of Al-Quriyah town, forcing the regime forces to get back to Mahkan town in the east of Al-Mayadin city, and the fighting in this front coincides with intensive shelling and exchange of targeting in the clash areas, and information about the fall of more casualties in the ranks of the both parties, and the regime forces became more 65 km away from Al-Bokamal city from this front.