The aerial and artillery shelling continues on the south of the capital Damascus accompanying by ongoing clashes between the regime against the organization in the area

Damascus Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the warplanes carried out more raids on the southern part of the capital Damascus, targeting areas in Al-Hajar al-Aswad, Yarmouk Camp and the outskirts of Al-Tadamon neighborhood, in conjunction with renewed rocket shelling carried out by the regime forces, amid continuation of the clashes in the contact areas between the members of the “Islamic State” organization against the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, where the regime forces managed today under a cover of aerial and rocket shelling to advance and take the control of new points and buildings in Al-Hajar al-Aswad.

And the ongoing military operations have left more casualties in the ranks of the both parties, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the that the death toll has increased, where it rose to 187 at least, the number of members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, who have been killed since Thursday the 19th of April 2018, including 22 officers and 9 of them were executed, while it has increased to 151, the number of members of the organization who were killed in the shelling, clashes and targeting that left tens of wounded in the ranks of the both parties, and the death toll is expected to rise because of the continued combat operations and the presence of injured cases in critical situation.