The violent clashes of Tehran – Beirut Road continue and ISIS escalates its attacks and raises to about 205 the number of casualties of the regime and its allies in 22 days
The eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside in the part located in the west of the Euphrates River, witnessed the continuation of the organization’s military activity after it revived, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of fighting at a violent pace, between the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against the members of the “Islamic State” organization, and the clashes were concentrated in areas in Al-Bokamal desert, and other areas inside the city, after members of the organization managed during the past 24 hours, to infiltrate via Euphrates River coming from the eastern bank of the River, into al-Bokamal city, and they started a violent fighting against the regime forces, where the violent clashes between them resulted in the death of 11 members of the gunmen loyal to the regime forces of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, as well as the death of 5 members in the ranks of ISIS attackers.
And with the death of more members in the ranks of the both parties during the ongoing clashes between them which started on the 13th of March 2018, it has increased to 204 at least, the number of members of the regime and their allies who were killed during 22 days of clashes in al-Bokamal, the countryside of Deir Ezzor and south of the capital Damascus, also it rose to 69 at least, the number of members of the “Islamic State” organization who were killed in the same battles, since the recovery of the Organization in the 13th of March 2018, also tens of others of both parties were killed and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation.
the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored during the last night, that members of the organization have infiltrated via Euphrates River into al-Bokamal city, in which violent clashes are taking place against the regime forces and their allies, in an attempt by ISIS to inflict the largest possible casualties and control the area, the clashes are taking place in the neighborhood along the river, also the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that it monitored new developments in the aforementioned area, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from several reliable sources that military reinforcements have arrived to locations of the regime forces from two main destinations, where reinforcements of the pro-regime Iraqi gunmen have arrived to the west of Euphrates in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, coincided with the arrival of hundreds of members of regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities to the same area, in order to strengthen the presence of the regime against the “Islamic State” Organization, of which the sources of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights have confirmed that it is preparing to carry out a massive military operation against the regime forces and their allies in the west of Euphrates, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from several reliable sources that about 400 fighter of the “Islamic State” organization of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, have crossed from the enclave east Euphrates -which is surrounded by the Syria Democratic Forces who are supported by the International Coalition- to the west of Euphrates River in the form of groups, where they are crossing from al-Shafa area, after intense shelling by the “Islamic State” Organization on areas controlled by the regime and its loyal gunmen west of Euphrates River.