After the accelerated decrease in its controlled areas, hit-and-run clashes and exchange of advancement operations in Yarmouk Basin between Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid and the regime forces and allies

Daraa Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces continue their military operations at an escalating pace in the western countryside of Daraa, heading towards the last strongholds of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid, which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of violent clashes between the regime forces, supported by gunmen loyalist to them against members of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, also the regime forces were able to make a new advancement at the expense of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid, extending their control to Wadi Saysoun and the Saham al-Golan Dam after violent confrontations between both parties, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored shelling by warplanes on places near the areas of Naf’aa and al-Shabraq, following counterattacks carried out by Jaysh Khaled on the area, which led to its advancement in areas and positions it lost previously, and the attack coincided with intense shelling by the regime forces on areas in the Basin, and information about the fall of more casualties in the shelling and clashes, after the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented more human casualties in the ranks of both parties of the fighting, where it rose to at least 141, the number of casualties of the members of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” Organization, who have been killed since the 19th of July 2018, the date of starting the regime’s operation against Jaysh Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed, also it rose to 62 at least, the number of casualties of the members and officers of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, who were killed in the same period, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that it rose to 42 persons at least including 11 children and 5 citizen women, the number of people who have been killed since the 19th of July 2018, as a result of bombardment by warplanes and helicopters as well as the shelling by the regime forces on Yarmouk Basin in the western countryside of Daraa.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that the regime forces’ military operations is continuing within the remaining narrow circle of Jaysh Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed which pledges allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, in the area of Yarmouk Basin in the western countryside of Daraa, where the clashes are continuing between the both parties in places in the area, in ongoing attacks by the regime forces in order to end the presence of Jaysh Khaled in the area, after rapid advancements since yesterday, Wednesday, which enabled the regime forces to take the control of more than 26 towns and villages, while only 7 towns and villages are remaining for Jaysh Khaled, thus, the regime forces became in control of an area of about 98% of the total area of Daraa, while Jaysh Khaled controls about 2%, also, the warplanes and helicopters are continuing their targeting to the areas remaining under the control of the army which pledges allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, and the SOHR published hours ago, that Jaysh Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed is continuing its rapid collapses in the area of Yarmouk Basin in the western sector of Daraa countryside, amid new advancements achieved by the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them backed by warplanes and helicopters, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the regime forces managed to achieve further important and rapid advancements in the second consecutive day in the area of Yarmouk Basin, and 7 days after launching their military operations on the 19th of July 2018, where the regime forces took the control of Saham Al-Golan, Tasil, Al-Shabraq and other positions used to be controlled by Jaysh Khaled, amid successive withdrawals by the army which pledges allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, and confining it in a narrower circle, represented by several towns which are al-Shajra, Abbdyn, Koayiah, Ma’aria, and Al-Qsir, where the regime forces became close to end the presence of Jaysh Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed which was announced about in 2014.