المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More bombardment raises to about 1000, the number of airstrikes which targeted Yarmouk Basin in about 40 hours of destruction and incineration to the area

Daraa Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of aerial and rocket shelling on the western countryside of Daraa, where the controlled areas of Jaysh Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, are located, where the SOHR documented that the warplanes and helicopters carried out more strikes on areas in Yarmouk Basin targeting the towns and villages of Tasil, Lajin, Saham Al-Golan, Al-Shajara, Adwan, the Libyan Company, Tal Al-Jumou’ and other areas controlled by the army which pledges allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, which caused further destruction to the property of the citizens and to the infrastructure, and the Syrian Observatory monitored that the number of aiestrikes which were carried out by warplanes and helicopters by missiles and explosive barrels, has increased to about 980 strikes since after the midnight of Thursday – Friday and until now, in about 40 hours, along with hundreds of strikes which were carried out by the regime forces by missiles and artillery and rocket shells, the shelling also resulted in the death of 32 persons at least including 11 children and 3 citizen women, while the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of serious injuries, and the presence of missing people.

Also the violent clashes are continuing between the regime forces supported by the gunmen loyal to them against Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” Organization, in places in the vicinity of areas controlled by the last mentioned in Yarmouk Basin in the western countryside of Daraa, amid exchange of targeting and intense shelling by the regime forces on sites controlled by Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid which caused more human casualties, where it rose to at least 18, the number of casualties of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them who have been killed since today dawn, 8 of them were killed in a booby-trapped vehicle explosion.

The Syrian Observatory also published yesterday Friday, that this intense shelling was coincided advancement by Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid in the wake of the emptying factions’ controlled areas adjacent to the areas that are controlled by Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid in Yarmouk Basin, where it advanced in the areas of al-Bakkar, al-Jbyliyyeh, al-Ma’alaqa, al-Maja’eid, Ayn Zubeida, al-Abdali, Abu Hajar, and other areas adjacent to them, which expanded the size of areas controlled by Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid to about 8% of Daraa Province area, also this is the second expansion of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization in the vicinity of the Yarmouk Basin, after their controlled days ago Hayt town, following violent clashes against the rebel and Islamic factions that carried out “reconciliation” with the regime, where back then an agreement imposed on them to hand over their heavy weapons and to withdraw towards other areas in Daraa province, and these insane bombardments and shelling also come with the continuation of fears for lives of more than 30000 civilians taken as human shields by Jaysh Khalid, where the civilians continue to flee the towns which are under Russian holocaust in the area, towards border areas with the occupied Syrian Golan.

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