Security information confirmed the killing of the commander of an opposing commander from the town of Korin in the countryside of Jericho, in the southern sector of the countryside Idlib, after his arrest for more than two years on charges of "communicating with the army of the rebels" by Tahrir Al Sahm extremist militia.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that violent battles are taking place between the regime force backed by their allied militiamen of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against members of the “Islamic State” organization in areas in the Syrian desert.

The regime forces, after advancing within the past 24 hours in areas south of Ithriyah and going deep into the borders of Hama with Homs province, near Sha’er Mountain in the eastern desert of Homs, managed to achieve a new strategic advancement and managed to meet their forces coming from Sha’er Mountain.

In the same context, the clashes continue between the regime forces supported by the gunmen loyal to them against Rahman Corps fighters in areas in the neighbourhood of Jobar, and in other areas in the vicinity of the Ein Tarma town in the Eastern Ghouta, amid intense shelling by the regime forces on the clash areas, no information about human losses yet.

Heavy shelling is still ongoing on the east of the capital Damascus and its eastern Ghouta, where the SOHR monitored 50 missiles, believed to be ground-to-ground, fired by the regime forces since Thursday morning the 17th of August 2017, on places in Ein Tarma area and Jobar neighborhood, and this was accompanied with the shelling of the regime forces on Ein Tarma Valley, amid continued clashes taking place between the regime forces and their allied militiamen against al-Rahman Corps.

A shell landed on the 3000-apartment project area in al-Hamdaniya area in Aleppo, no information about casualties, also areas in Darat Azza town and its surroundings in the western countryside of Aleppo were shelled by the Syria Democratic Forces which caused material damage, no information about casualties, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago.

Areas in the western countryside of Jisr Al-Shughur city were shelled by the regime forces, in conjunction with targeting areas in the outskirts of Bdama in the same countryside, no information about casualties. A mortar shell landed on al-Tadamon neighborhood south of the capital, no information about casualties.

Warplanes (whose identity was not known whether they belong to the International Coalition or Russian warplanes) targeted at the dawn of Thursday the 17th of August 2017 the media point of the “Islamic State” organization at al-Masriyyah roundabout in al-Bokamal city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

The SOHR learned that the explosions were caused by airstrikes carried out by warplanes, whether Russian or affiliated with the International Coalition is unknown, on Islamic Sharia Secondary school in the city and destroyed huge parts of it. No casualties were reported. A plane, believed to be a drone, shelled yesterday afternoon a car in which ISIS members were travelling in Al-Corniche Street in Al-Mayadin city, causing the death of 3 ISIS members.