المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Airstrikes accompany the clashes in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor at the banks of Euphrates River

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Warplanes carried out airstrikes on places in Hajin area and other areas in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, in conjunction with the continuation of clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in Al-Quriyah town, and other areas in the vicinity of the al-Asharah on the western banks of Euphrates in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, in an attempt by the regime forces to imposed their control over both towns and end of the organization’s existence in them, and the Syrian Observatory published this morning that these clashes were accompanied during the past 24 hours, by raids by warplanes affiliated to the regime and Russia, on areas remaining under ISIS control, in which the raids targeted Al-Asharah town, which killed two citizens at least and injured others with varying degrees of severity, while the warplanes carried out a massacre by targeting the river crossing connects Hassarat area with the east of the Euphrates, resulted in the death of 8 persons at least including a doctor, a child and two citizen women, while others were injured and missed in the same bombardment, and the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of serious injuries.

And with this increase of killing citizens of the people of Deir Ezzor province, the death toll rises to at least 928, including 360 children and women, the number of those who have been documented since the 10th of September 2017, the date of lifting the siege on their controlled areas in Deir Ezzor city, until today the 24th of November 2017, date of last stage of ending the presence of the organization west of the Euphrates River, where the SOHR documented the death of 928 civilian citizens including 200 children below the age of eighteen, and 159 citizen women over the age of eighteen, were killed as a result of the bombing by the Russian warplanes as well as the International Coalition warplanes, and the shelling by the regime forces, they are 624 citizens including 116 children and 113 women, were killed by raids by the regime’s warplanes and helicopters as well as the Russian warplanes on Deir Ezzor city and its eastern and western countryside and areas in the east of the Euphrates River, and 46 citizens including 14 children and 8 women were killed by shelling by the regime forces on areas in Deir Ezzor and its eastern countryside, and 39 citizens including 4 children and 6 women, were killed as a result of executing and shooting them by the regime forces in Deir Ezzor and its vicinity and the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, and 193 citizens including 51 children and 27 women were killed by raids by the International Coalition warplanes on the eastern and the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, and 26 citizens including 15 children and 5 women were killed in missile and artillery shelling, which are fired by the Iraqi Popular Mobilization according to sources.This bombing resulted in great destruction in the infrastructure and the property of the citizens, and caused a large number of wounded, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the injury of about 2500 persons with varying degrees of severity, some of them have amputated limbs and permanent disabilities, while there are a number of missing whose fate is unknown till now, while some injures have been seriously wounded, which may raise the death toll.

Also the displacement is still continuing by the citizens and the families remaining in the areas near the military operations, in which the intensive bombardment by warplanes and helicopters affiliated to the regime and Russia resulted in the displacement of hundreds of families, after they resulted in the displacement of 100 thousand citizens from the villages extended from Al-Bomar town to Al-Bokamal and Al-Mayadin cities, including tens of thousands of children and citizen women, who left their houses in their villages, towns and cities, heading to Deir Ezzor desert, avoiding the intensive bombing accompanies by the Russian supported operations of the regime forces in Deir Ezzor, and “Al-Jazeera Storm” operation backed by the International Coalition, which were accompanied by the displacement of about 50 thousand citizens from the villages and the towns of Hatla, Al-Salihiyah, Marrat, Mazlum, Khesham, Tabyat Jazeera, Jadeed Bakkara, Jadeed Ekaydat, Al-Dahlah and Al-Sabha, in the eastern banks of  the Euphrates River to areas far from the shelling and the clashes.

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