The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More than 30 casualties of ISIS during the control of the International Coalition and SDF on villages and towns near the Syrian – Iraqi border

The fight continues in the southern sector of al-Hasakah countryside, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of clashes between members of the “Islamic State” organization against the Syria Democratic Forces and French, Italian and American Forces, in areas in the far southern countryside of al-Hasakah, where the latter managed to achieve an advancement in the area and controlled more villages, after taking control of the center of the last enclave of organization in al-Hasakah, al-Dshisha town, and they also reduced the size of the “Islamic State” organization’s controlled areas within this enclave, in which the forces of the Coalition and SDF are trying to end the existence of the organization definitively; and advance toward its adjacent enclave in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

The violent clashes between both parties, which have escalated since midnight of last night, Saturday, June 16th, 2018, caused tens of casualties among members of the organization, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 30 members of the organization at least since yesterday night until the morning of today, Sunday, and other members were injured, raising to 68 at least, the number of members of the “Islamic State” organization who were killed in the last 2 weeks, where the violent clashes enabled the attacking forces of the International Coalition and SDF to reduce the control of the “Islamic State” organization in the southern sector of al-Hasakah countryside, confining it to a narrower range and paving the way for the ending its presence completely in al-Hasaka province, and in the enclave adjacent to the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor, coincided with the rise of numbers of the areas controlled by the latter to more than 22 villages, farms, and hills in about 2 weeks of fighting.