The regime forces achieve new advancement in the western outskirts of ISIS controlled areas in the south of Damascus

Damascus Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of the violent fighting between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against the “Islamic State” organization, in the southern neighborhoods of the capital Damascus, where the contact areas between the both parties in the vicinity and outskirts of Yarmouk Camp, Al-Kadam and Al-Tadamon as well as the east of these areas from the side of the southern Rif Dimashq, are witnessing violent fighting within the continuation of the regime forces’ attempts to achieve further advancement at the expense of the organization, and the SOHR learned that the regime forces managed to advance and take the control of buildings, houses and positions in the western outskirts of Al-Hajar al-Aswad, while the clashes between the both parties are accompanied by exchange of intensive targeting in the clash areas amid renewed artillery shelling on the organization’s controlled areas  in the south of Damascus.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published in the past few hours, that it documented more casualties due to the continued military operations in the area, where it rose to 99 at least, the number of members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities who were killed in 13 days of fighting, including several officers first officers (5 of them were executed) and at least 9 of them were killed on Tuesday, also it rose to 86, the number members of the “Islamic State” Organization who were killed during the same period as a result of the shelling, clashes and targeting, which also left tens of injuries in the ranks of both parties, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation.