The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

About 340 members of the regime forces and their allies and the organization have been killed in the ongoing clashes in the south of Damascus since the 19th of April 2018

Damascus Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the military operations are still continuing in areas in the southern part of the capital Damascus, where the monitored this evening, the continuation of clashes in the areas of Al-Hajar al-Aswad, Yarmouk Camp and the outskirts of Al-Tadamon neighborhood, between the “Islamic State” organization against the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, amid continued rocket shelling carried out by the regime forces on the area, in ongoing attempts by them to take the control of more points and positions at the expense of the organization, amid information about more casualties and wounded in the ranks of the both parties.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published few hours ago, that 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.