The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The eastern and western banks of the Euphrates River witness exchange of shelling between the regime forces against the organization near the border with Iraq

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: more explosions were heard in the far eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, near the Syrian – Iraqi border, caused by exchange of shelling on the banks of the Euphrates River, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored exchange of shelling between the regime forces and their allies which are located in Al-Bokamal area in the west of the Euphrates River, against the “Islamic State” organization which is located in Al-Baghuz in the western bank of the Euphrates River, and information about the fall of human losses in the ranks of the both parties as a result of the shelling.

And the Syrian Observatory published on the 6th of July 2018 and the 30th of June 2018, that it monitored the eruption of violent clashes between the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against members of the “Islamic State” Organization, in the eastern desert of Deir Ezzor countryside west of Euphrates River, as a result of an attack by ISIS on al-Dwayr Desert which is less than 40 km to the west of al-Bokamal city, where the organization seeks through these attacks to disperse the regime forces and their allies, while the clashes were accompanied by exchange of targeting between both parties, amid confirmed information about casualties of both parties in the clashes, amid intense shelling by the regime forces on areas in the desert of Deir Ezzor, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published 11 days ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from reliable sources, which confirmed that the regime forces have brought military reinforcements of their forces and the forces of their allies to the western banks of the Euphrates River, opposite the controlled areas of the “Islamic State” organization, in its last enclave at the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, along with preparations by the International Coalition and the SDF to start a military operation and end the presence of organization in the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, and the sources confirmed that the points of the regime forces and their fortifications have been strengthened, as a proactive procedure in order to prevent the members of the organization from infiltrating to the regime’s controlled areas in the west of the river.