72 hours after the Coalition killed 17 members…a new attack by ISIS on Al-Bir Al-Azraq in the east of the Euphrates along with strikes left human losses on the river’s bank
Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from a number of reliable sources, that clashes are taking place in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, between the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the International Coalition against the members of the “Islamic State” organization, in places in the area of Al-Bir Al-Azraq near Al-Tank Oilfield, in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, as a result of an attack by members of the organization on the area, and the SOHR monitored that the clashes were coincided with bombardment by the International Coalition’s warplanes, on the positions of the organization, amid confirmed information about human losses in the ranks of the both parties, while the Syrian Observatory published on the 19th of July 2018, that 17 members at least of the “Islamic State” organization of Syrian and Iraqi nationalities, were killed, while others were injured with varying severity, as a result of being targeted by warplanes believed to be affiliated to the International Coalition in the past 24 hours, where sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the targeting took place in the area of Al-Bir Al-Azraq near Al-Tank Oilfield, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where the strikes targeted a gathering of ISIS members, while the bombardment resulted in the injury of others with varying severity, which may raise the death toll due to the presence of injured cases in serious conditions.
In the same context, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored strikes by drones believed to be affiliated to the International Coalition, on places in al-Susah area which is located in the east of the Euphrates River, within the enclave which is controlled by the “Islamic State” organization, at the eastern bank of the river, and the SOHR learned that the strikes killed 3 members at least of the organization, while information was reported about the fact that the strikes resulted in the fall of civilian casualties in the area, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on Thursday the 12th of July 2018, the death of 54 persons at least in the bombardment by warplanes on a gathering at an ice factory in Mozan Junction area east of al-Susah town, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that among the total number of casualties there are 28 civilians, the majority of them are Iraqi nationals of who took refuge earlier in the Syrian territory, while the rest of casualties are members of the “Islamic State” organization of both Syrian and Iraqi nationalities, and the rise in number of casualties was accompanied by shelling by the Syria Democratic Forces on areas in the towns of al-Shafa, Sousah and Hajin, in the last enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization at the eastern bank of Euphrates river in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.