Continuous clashes and shelling accompany the advancement of SDF east of Euphrates River
Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the violent clashes continue between the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition; against members of the “Islamic State” organization in areas in the towns of Abu Hamam and al-Keshkiyah, of which the Syria Democratic Forces managed to advance in, where they took control of large parts of Abu Hamam town, amid constant shelling and exchange of targeting on the clash areas, in an attempt by “Jazeera Storm” Operation Forces to control both villages completely and to hold the control over them both, and confirmed information about casualties in the ranks of both parties.
The Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the clashes returned to the east of the Euphrates, in the eastern of the countryside of Deir Ezzor, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored this dawn the 1st of December 2017, that the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition’s warplanes, started their attack on the areas of Abu Hamam and Al-Kashkiyyeh in Sh’aytat desert which witnessed previously massacres carried out by the organization against hundreds of the citizens, in which violent clashes are taking place between them against the “Islamic State” organization, in both towns, and the SOHR learned that the SDF managed to achieve an advancement in the area, in which they took the control of the areas of Al-Sekkah, Al-Hawy and Al-Owadiyyah, in the areas of Abu Hamam and Al-Kashkiyyeh, while the operations between the both parties that are accompanied by intensive shelling are continuing, in an attempt by the SDF to impose their control on the area, and to minimize ISIS scope of control then end its presence in the east of the Euphrates.
These clashes came at least 5 days after the SOHR monitored that the SDF managed to achieve important advancement in the area, in which they reached the Syrian – Iraqi border starting from al-Kashmeh oilfield, in which they managed through this advancement to encircle the area and besiege the members of the organization in Al-Bokamal – Al-Tank fields – the Syrian – Iraqi border Triangle, and this strategic advancement also enabled them to split the presence of the organization in its controlled area remaining on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River into two pockets and these clashes came after the SDF were able to reach the outskirts of al-Jerzy Al-Gharbi town on the 18th of November 2017, after they managed to achieve important advancement and take the control of the area extended from Al-Busayrah to al-Jerzy Al-Gharbi, and
the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received then a copy of a video and photos show members from the eastern country of Deir Ezzor with 3 prisoners, intersected sources said that the 3 were members of the “Islamic State” organization on one of the fronts in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where members of Deir Ezzor Military Council of the Syria Democratic Forces executed the 3 prisoners, after beating and insulting them chanting “the blood of Sh’aytat is precious”, where they shot them dead. This is considered the first direct retaliation by members from the Sh’aytat Clan for the massacres committed against about 1000 citizens of this clan, where the organization executed them in the past years in the countryside of Deir Ezzor.