Shelling targets southwest of Rif Dimashq and the pace of clashes decrease in the northeastern countryside of Hama and the regime forces target Daraa city

Hama Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces shelled areas in Talaf town in the southern countryside of Hama, which caused material damage but no information about casualties, while the clashes continue at a decreased rate between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against fighters of rebel and Islamic factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, in areas in the northeast countryside of Hama, and the Syrian Observatory was published hours ago that violent clashes are still taking place between the regime forces and their allied militiamen against Hayaat Tahrir Al-Sham and the Islamic factions in several areas in the vicinity of the village of Abu Dali in the southeastern countryside of Hama, in a renewed attempt by the regime forces to reach the village and re-control it, and this coincided with heavy artillery and aerial shelling on the clash areas, while violent clashes are taking place between both sides in Al-Shakuzia area in the northeastern countryside of Hama, and there is information about an advancement achieved by the regime forces in the outskirts of the village, accompanied by aerial bombardment on areas in the villages of Al-Rajhan Sarha and Al-Shakuzia in the northeastern countryside of Hama.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 30th of October 2017 that the fighting is continuing between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the fighters of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, in areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, for the 7th consecutive day, since the clashes started in the 24th of October 2017, during which the regime forces managed to take the control of the villages of Al-Shahatiyyah, Joway’ed and Jib Abyad, as well as attacks during which they failed either to advance or keep and hold their control on the positions where they advanced in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, thus, these violent clashes cause a large number of human losses in the ranks of the both parties, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of about 90 members of the both parties of who were killed within a week of clashes, shelling and explosions, including about 35 members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them.

Daraa Province, the Syrian Observatory for human Rights: areas in Daraa city were shelled by the regime forces, where several artillery shells targeted areas in the neighborhoods of Daraa al-Balad, no information about casualties.

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: a man was killed and his sister was injured -and information about another casualty- due to the fall of shells on areas in Arnah village which is controlled by the regime forces in the southwest of Rif Dimashq, while the helicopter dropped barrel bombs on areas in Beit Jen and its surroundings southwest of Rif Dimashq, amid renewed clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham in areas in the northern countryside of Quneitra, near Hodr town, and information about casualties in their ranks.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that clashes continues between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the fighters of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions near border with the occupied Syrian Golan, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the fighting and the intense shelling enabled the regime forces to restore the areas they lost when the factions managed to achieve an advancement in the area, and opened a corridor links the besieged southwest of Rif Dimashq to the northern countryside of Quneitra through, by controlling the area between al-Tlul al-Homr and Tal al Hamriya, where the factions advanced and controlled Tal al-Harrah, Qers al-Naql and the areas between them in the north, west and southwest of Hodr town, before the regime forces regain control of this whole area and re-besieged the southwest of Rif Dimashq, the last area where factions are located on the Syrian-Lebanese border, which is the areas where rebel fighters are present on the Syrian – Lebanese border, which has been witnessing in the past few weeks hundreds barrel bombs dropped by regime’s helicopters, along with the fall of tens of shells and missiles believed to be ground-to-ground.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from intersecting sources that these violent clashes that took place since the morning of Friday the 3rd of November 2017; have caused significant casualties in the ranks of both parties, while Hodr town has witnessed the arrival of military reinforcements of the gunmen Loyal to the regime and other supporter gunmen coming from the outskirts of the capital Damascus, while the Syrian Observatory documented during these violent clashes the death of more than 17 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and the injury of about 50 people in the shelling, explosions and clashes in Hodr town and its vicinity, as well as the southwest of Rif Dimashq and northern countryside of Quneitra, while at least 7 fighters of the factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham including a local leader of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham were killed, others were also seriously injured during these clashes, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored demonstrations by Syrians citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan on the contact lines between the occupied Syrian Golan and the liberated Syrian Golan, where the local sources confirmed that citizens crossed from the occupied Golan to the first line, but the positioned forces at the border prevented them from advancing more towards the liberated Syrian Golan.