More than 24 casualties in the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them during counter attacks by ISIS in defense of its last stronghold
The violent fighting is continuing in the far of the east of Deir Ezzor province, in escalated conflict between the regime forces and the “Islamic State” organization about the largest remaining stronghold of the ISIS in Syria, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of the violent clashes 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, in which the fighting is concentrated in the south-western desert of Al-Bokamal, which is at a distance of less than 15 km away from the city, towards the area of T2 station.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also monitored that the “Islamic State” organization carried out counter attacks targeted the regime forces advancing towards Al-Bokamal, where the organization fights desperately to rebel the regime’s advancement, and to forces them to retreat in order to prevent them to reach Al-Bokamal city, which is located at the Syrian – Iraqi border, while this fighting has coincided since last night the 6th of November 2017, with violent clashes in Al-Mayadin and Bakrus deserts in the west of the Euphrates River, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, as a result of surprising attacks by groups by ISIS on positions of the regime forces in the area, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of more members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them, in which the number of the casualties of the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian, Arab and Asian nationalities, has increased to 24 casualties, of who were killed during less than 36 hours of the clashes in Al-Bokamal and Bakrus deserts, and the shelling, the fighting and the explosions resulted in the fall of a great number of injuries, some of them have seriously wounded, while memebers of the organization were also killed in the same clashes.
And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 5th of November 2017, that al-Bokamal city and other areas in its countryside and desert are witnessing bombing by helicopters believed to be Russian and other unidentified warplanes that entered the Syrian-Iraqi border from the eastern side, and these warplanes heavily targeted areas in Bokamal city, its desert and countryside, which is the largest remaining stronghold of the “Islamic State” organization in the Syrian territory, and these intense airstrikes come after the regime forces were able to get closer to L-Bokamal city, where the regime forces and militiamen loyal of Syrian, Arab and Asian nationalities are now less than 15 km away of Bokamal city, the Syrian Observatory also published that the southern desert of Al-Bukamal witness violent clashes, through which the regime forces seek to advance more towards Al-Bukamal city and control the city, which is the largest bastion of ISIS in Syria. The SOHR learned that the violent clashes are taking place between the regime forces and their allied militiamen of Syrian, Arab and Asian nationalities against members of ISIS of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, where the regime forces managed to advance in the area of T2 station and became less than 15 km away from Al-Bukamal city, after controlling Okash field, while the area is witnessing heavy shelling by the regime forces and aerial bombardment by warplanes and helicopters affiliated to the regime and Russia, on areas controlled by ISIS, amid an exchange of shelling between both parties in areas in the southwestern desert of Al-Bukamal, amid more killing of members of both parties in these battles, and The SOHR learned from several reliable sources that a group of the Popular Mobilization Forces has entered the Syrian territory and began to operate under the umbrella of Al-Nujaba’ Iraqi Movement, which has been fighting along the regime forces in many fronts in the Syrian desert and other areas.