The Coalition continues to bombard Hajin town and the last enclave of ISIS on the east bank of Euphrates, and the fight continuous to force it to surrender and end its presence in the area
Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the eastern banks of Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor are witnessing renewed shelling, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored shelling by the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition, targeting positions in the last enclave of the “Islamic State” organization, on the banks of Euphrates River, in conjunction with carrying out airstrikes by warplanes of the International Coalition targeting sites of the “Islamic State” organization and its controlled areas in this same enclave, and intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that Coalition warplanes came from the Iraqi side, and targeted Hajin area and other areas in its surroundings, within the remaining enclave of the organization in this area, accompanied by clashes of varying violence, between the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition against members of the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in the vicinity of Hajin and other areas on this outskirts of this enclave, trying to end the existence of the organization or pressure it to force it to surrender, and confirmed information about casualties due to the aerial and missile shelling and the clashes between both parties.
The fight between the Syria Democratic Forces and ISIS has returned yesterday after stopping for about 48 hours, except for the rocket shelling on the area, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored on the 22nd of May that the stop of clashes between the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition, and between the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in the enclave that still under the control of the Organization in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where this stop of military operations in the area comes after the Syria Democratic Forces were able to tighten the grip more and more on members of the “Islamic State” organization in the towns of Shafa, Hajin and al-Susah, while it is expected for the military operations to continue in order to control the 3 towns and expel the organization out of them, except in the event of the surrender of the organization’s members after clamping down on them.
Also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received information from several reliable sources, confirming that military operations at the time of their launch against the last enclave the “Islamic State” organization in the east bank of Euphrates River, starting with rocket shelling by the French and American forces on sites and areas controlled by ISIS, in a prelude for the ground attack which YPG intended to carry out, and when controlling the area the Kurdish forces will carry out sweep operations, then joint Arab and Kurdish Forces of SDF will settle in the area, protect and secure it after expelling the organization from it.
The past 24 hours witnessed advancement operation by the Syria Democratic Forces with the support of French and American forces, where they controlled a strategic hill near al-Baghuz Foqani area, after violent clashes between SDF and ISIS, amid exchange of targeting in the clash areas between both parties, and rocket shelling on the areas controlled by the organization during the last night’s hours.