Continuous clashes in the capital Damascus, accompanied by aerial bombardment on ISIS-controlled areas

Damascus Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: areas in the Syrian south witnessed the continuation of explosion of during the past few hours; as a result of the continuous military operations between the “Islamic State” organization against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored in the past hours bombing by helicopters targeted areas in al-Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood and its outskirts, coincided with shelling by the regime forces on areas in the same neighbourhood and the outskirts of al-Yarmouk Camp, amid clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against members of the “Islamic State” organization, in an attempt by the regime forces to advance in the area, after they started a counter attack to advance at the expense of organization in the area, and confirmed information about casualties in the ranks of both parties.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published during the past few hours that the clashes are coincided with the departure of tens of buses carrying hundreds of fighters of the factions, their families and citizens who refused the agreement with the regime, who went out during the past 24 hours from al-Kadam neighborhood in the south of the capital within implementation of the terms of agreement with the regime forces, where it is expected that the buses will arrive in their destination in the Syrian North, and sources confirmed that a group of the buses will head to the controlled areas of the “Euphrates Shield”, while another group will head to areas in Idlib province.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that the capital Damascus, is witnessing violent explosions caused by military operations in the southern part of it, after an attack by the “Islamic State” organization in al-Hajar al-Aswad neighbourhood and the outskirts of Yarmouk Camp, and on al-Kadam neighbourhood which has been witnessing since this morning preparations to transfer tens of the fighters of the factions operating in al-Kadam area south of Damascus; along with their families and those who wish to get out with them to the Syrian north, where they were supposed to be transferred within the next hours on buses that had arrived since morning to the outskirts of al-Kadam area, to head the their destination once the preparations and boarding on buses are completed, and the attack of the “Islamic State” organization was accompanied by raids by warplanes on al-Hajar al-Aswad area, amid violent clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them who are present at the outskirts al-Hajar al-Aswad area; against members of the “Islamic State” organization, after which members of the organization advanced as a result of their surprise attack on the area, and the clash is accompanied by exchange of targeting on the clash areas between both parties, these violent clashes were accompanied by the fall of shells on places in al-Zahra area and other areas controlled by the regime in the vicinity of Yarmouk Camp, amid violent artillery and rocket shelling by the regime forces on areas controlled by the Organization, which caused the displacement of tens of families fearing the intense shelling on the area, and information about casualties in the shelling and clashes between both parties, where Yarmouk Camp witnessed weeks ago violent clashes between the “Islamic State” organization against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, during which the organization was able to advance, and tens of fighters of both parties were killed and wounded.