المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime forces advance with their allies in media battles at the southern neighborhoods of the capital of Damascus which is free of ISIS

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the “Islamic State” organization continuing the process of burning its headquarters and vehicles, amid the continuation of the exit process of the remainder members of the “Islamic State” organization from less than 70% of Yarmouk Camp, part of al-Tadamon neighborhood and the interlaced area between the northern neighbourhood of al-Hajar al-Aswad south of Yarmouk Camp, and the intersected sources of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that the regime forces are advancing and combing the areas from which the organization withdrew and prepared itself to get out of south Damascus towards the Syrian Desert, in accordance with the secret agreement that took place with regime’s authorities, which imposed a calm since the afternoon of Saturday, the 19th of May 2018, after a month of the violent ashes that took place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against members of the “Islamic State” organization, accompanied by hundreds of airstrikes by warplanes and helicopters, and hundreds of missiles, rocket and artillery shells, which caused damage and destruction in large parts of these areas located in the southern part of the capital, Damascus.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published today morning, Sunday, the 20th of May 2018, that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the exit of fighters of the “Islamic State” organization from the south of Damascus towards the Syrian Desert, and in details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: a number of buses entered after midnight of yesterday to areas controlled by the “Islamic State” Organization in the southern part of the capital Damascus, to carry on board fighters of the organization and their families, after that the buses exited and departed towards the Syrian Desert, all of that took place in a complete secrecy and away of the Syrian regime’s media amid denial by the regime, the Syrian Observatory published yesterday night that cautious calm has been still continuing in the south of Damascus since today noon, Saturday the 19th of May 2018, where it prevails the battle fronts and contact lines between the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities and the “Islamic State” organization, in Yarmouk Camp and al-Tadamon, where the aerial, artillery and rocket shelling, shooting and fighting were stopped in all of the areas, amid anticipation for a final and complete agreement leads to the evacuating the members of the organization from Yarmouk Camp and al-Tadamon, and transfer them to another destination believed to be the Syrian desert.

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