Counterattack by ISIS against SDF in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that a man was killed in a mine explosion in Mashikh village -which is controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces- when he return to his home in the village to bring some stuff, while the clashes renewed between the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition against members of the “Islamic State” organization in areas on the banks of al-Khabur River and near Al-Busayrah city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, after a violent attack by organization on the area, in attempt to inflict casualties in the ranks of its opponents, and the clashes were accompanied by violent exchange of shelling between both parties, amid detonating 2 booby trapped vehicles in the area, and confirmed information about casualties in the ranks of both parties.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that area east of the Euphrates in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor is witnessing the continuation of clashes between the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition against members of the “Islamic State” organization, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring the clashes get concentrated at the outskirts of the town of Al-Busayrah, which is one of the remaining important centers of the “Islamic State” organization in the countryside of Deir Ezzor and Syrian territory, after the Syria Democratic Forces were able to advance in the area and controlled several villages.

This advancement for the “Jazeera Storm” Operation has enabled the Syria Democratic Forces to complete their control over the entire banks of Khabur River inside Deir Ezzor Province, starting from al-Sor town until the east of Euphrates River near al-Busayrah area, thus extending their control in the eastern countryside to Deir Ezzor, after controlling over vast areas of the province reached about 32% of the province’s area, where the Syria Democratic Forces controlled the entire east of the Euphrates from the northwestern administrative borders of Deir Ezzor with Al-Raqqah Province, down to the area opposite the al-Sh’aytat desert east of the Euphrates, which includes the largest oilfield in Syria: al-Omar oilfield, and the largest plant and gas field in Syria: Koniko field, and the fields of al-Tank, Sijan and al-Jufrah, and the villages and towns of al-Sabkha, al-Sor, Jdid Ekydat, Jdid Bakara, al-Kubar, Mhimideh, al-Sa’wa, Z’eir Jzira, al-Kasra, and other areas stretching from the north of Deir Ezzor city until the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 8th of November 2017 that the Syria Democratic Forces who leading the “Jazeera Storm” Operation supported by the International Coalition were able to advance in the far southern countryside of Al-Hasakah, and took control of Markadah town, which used to be the last town controlled by the “Islamic State” organization in Al-Hasaka Province, and with this, the organization loses its presence in the entire towns of the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah, and now ISIS controls only villages, farms and hills in the southern countryside of the Hasakah.