Shelling by the Iraqi forces targets the first town on the border with Iraq and airstrikes by unidentified warplanes cause casualties and injuries in the countryside of Bokamal
Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the violent clashes are still taking place between the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition against members of the “Islamic State” organization in areas at the eastern banks of Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the Syria Democratic Forces –who lead the “Jazeera Storm” Operation in the countryside of Deir Ezzor and Hasakah– achieving an advancement in the area and controlling a new village at the eastern banks of the river, where they managed to take control of Dahla village east of Jdid Bakara, where the Syria Democratic Forces were able to expand their control in the area, where they closed the road in front of the regime forces not to advance in the eastern banks of the Euphrates River.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that the Syria Democratic Forces managed to achieve strategic advancement through controlling the villages of Jadid Bakara and JAdid Akidat, where the regime forces withdrew from Jadid Akidad days ago, after a counter attack by the organization, 24 hours after the regime controlled it, and the organization managed to keep the regime away from Tabiya Jazira village and the forces of AL-Jazeera Storm then managed advance.
This control by the Syrian Democratic Forces in the villages of Jadid Bakara and Jadid Akidat, which lie are located east of the Euphrates River, allowed the SDF to cut the road before the regime forces and to stop them from advancing in the east of the Euphares kept them in the village of Tabia Jazira. The regime forces lost control over Jadid Akidat on the 25th of October after a violent and repel attack by ISIS in the village 24 hours after the regime controlled it.
The SOHR published on the 22nd of October that it received information from several sources that there are mediation between dignitaries from the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor and ISIS to convince the latter to hand over, to the SDF, villages, towns and the remaining areas from Khesham area to Hajin town, and area of about 110 kilometers from the eastern banks of the Euphrates, in addition to the whole area remained in the northern and northeastern countryside, which is extended to the countryside Al-Sewar town. And the sources asserted that ISIS prefer handing over the organization-held areas to the SDF instead of handing them over to “the Shiite Militia”, in order to prevent the regime forces from advancing towards these area, and in this case, it is expected that the regime forces will move their military operation to the area of Al-Bukamal and nearby village in its countryside and the western banks of the Euphrates River in order to control these areas.
The SOHR published on the 17th of October 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.
The SOHR published on morning of the 22nd of October that a number of reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the US Special Forces, managed to achieve strategic advancement in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, in which they managed to enter Al-Omar oilfield, which is the biggest oilfield in Syria, this achievement came after the “Islamic State” organization managed last night to expel the regime forces from the eastern banks of the Euphrates River opposite Al-Mayadin city, where the organization forced them to withdraw, by carrying out a counter attack on the area, then the SDF started an attack to take the control of the oilfield which the regime forces had reached its outskirts.
And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also learned that this advancement of the SDF took place by advancing towards the field from several areas, in which these forces managed during the last night to take the control of Al-Sayjan field which is located in the north of Al-Omar.