Battles of the last enclave south of al-Hasakah continues between the Organization which is desperate to maintain its positions against SDF with the participation of American, Italian, and French troops

Al-Hasaka Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of military operations by the Syria Democratic Forces and forces of the International Coalition in the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah, where the clashes continue at a violent pace between these forces against the “Islamic State” organization, in several p[laces in the area, accompanied by the flights of warplanes of the International Coalition in the skies of the area and continuously targeting sites of the organization every now and then, where the Syria Democratic Forces seek to take control of more areas and end the presence of the “Islamic State” organization in the southern countryside of the Hasakah completely, while the Syrian Observatory published yesterday, Tuesday that clashes and intensive aerial and missile shelling continue in the southern countryside of Hasakah near the Syrian – Iraqi border, within the continuous military operation by the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition; with the participation of Italian Forces alongside the French and American Forces, to end the existence of the “Islamic State” organization and control the area, and to reduce the size of the organization’s controlled areas in preparation for ending its existence in al-Hasaka province completely, and in the rest of the SDF-controlled areas, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored heavy and intense shelling by warplanes of the international coalition since yesterday night and until morning of today, Tuesday, in conjunction with intense exchange of targeting and violent clashes between the organization’s members against the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition, and the clashes caused more human losses in the ranks of the “Islamic State” organization, where the Syrian Observatory documented since the start of the violent attack by the SDF and Coalition on the 3rd of June 2018; the killing of at least 26 members of the “Islamic State” organization, including an important commander in the organization, in addition to casualties in the ranks of the Syria Democratic Forces, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the injury  of tens of both parties with varying severity.

Reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the attack took place from 3 areas, in an attempt to weaken the organization and besiege it in a narrower area, where the Syrian Observatory monitored yesterday the Syria Democratic Forces were able to achieve a wide advancement in this enclave and controlled villages and areas there, clamping down more on the organization and confining it in a narrower space, while military operations continue  trying to achieve a full control of the area and end the existence of the organization in al-Hasaka province.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published earlier that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information few hours ago, from a number of reliable sources with confirmed to the SOHR that; the Syria Democratic Forces process and the International Coalition will start a military operation during the coming hours against the “Islamic State” organization in the southern countryside of Hasakah, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: the military forces have started their preparations to launch a large-scale military operation against the organization in its remaining enclave at the southern countryside of al-Hasakah, which is connected to the organization’s enclave in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where fighters were put on alert and the artillery and military vehicles are being prepared, in conjunction with the flight of warplanes of the International Coalition in the skies of the area, in preparation for the launch of the operation. And on the other side, the “Islamic State” organization’s-controlled areas are also on alert by members of the “Islamic State” organization, in preparations to repel the attack through which the Syria Democratic Forces and forces of the coalition seek to end the existence the organization in al-Hasaka province and the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor, which leave the organization with its last enclave at the east bank of Euphrates River, which SDF and the Coalition failed to control.

Also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that the military operation of Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition Forces and warplanes, have stopped again, where it had stopped on 22nd of May and then it started again on the 24th of the same month, then it stopped once more during the last 24 hours, following the failure of SDF and the International Coalition to advance in the last remaining enclave of ISIS at the eastern banks of Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and after their failure to break into Hajin town for which the Organization desperately fought to repel the attack on the town and on the rest of the enclave, while reliable sources also confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the course of military action east of Euphrates River is diverted, where preparations are underway to carry out a wide military operation in the remaining enclave of the Organization in the southern countryside of al-Hasakah; which is connected with the Organization’s enclave in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor the near the Syrian-Iraqi border, where the enclave witnessed artillery shelling in the past hours targeted Tal al-Shayer area in the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah, but it was not known whether the source of the artillery shelling was the Syria Democratic Forces or the Iraqi forces.