Damascus - Noura Khowam
Calm returned to prevail the battle fronts between Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the “Islamic State” organization in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, after violent clashes during the past 24 hours, following an attack carried out by the members of the organization on the areas of Al-Dbi’eiyyeh and Muweileh Abu Hadib in the same countryside, in which the SOHR monitored violent clashes between the both parties in the north-eastern countryside of Hama.
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian, Lebanese, Iraqi, Iranian, Afghan, and Palestinian nationalities, managed to achieve their last strategic advancement in the west of the Euphrates River, and the SHOR monitored that the regime forces and their allied managed to achieve the most important advancement and they took the control of the entire last pocket remaining for ISIS between Al-Salihiyah area west of Al-Bokamal and the east of Al-Jalaa town, and with this advancement, the regime forces have ended the presence of the organization in the entire of the west of the Euphrates River, in Deir Ezzor countryside, and the violent clashes were accompanied by intensive shelling and continuous raids by the warplanes on the clash fronts between the both parties.
In Damascus, Eastern Ghouta of Damascus is witnessing in the 23rd day of escalating the military operations in it, the return of the violent clashes between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against the fighters of the Islamic movement of Ahrar Al-Sham, in areas inside the Vehicle Department and its vicinity, amid exchange of targeting in the clash areas between the both parties, while areas in the outskirts of Harasta city were shelled by the regime forces, which caused material damage to the property of the citizens, without information about casualties so far, and the regime forces shelled this morning areas in Arbin city controlled by Al-Rahman Corps, in the Eastern Ghouta, which killed two brother children (a boy and a girl), while their mother was injured, in which the SOHR monitored that the shell fell on their house in Arbin.
On the other hand, the fighting does not almost stop in the vicinity and the outskirts of ISIS last pocket remaining in the west of the Euphrates River, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored during the past 24 hours, that violent clashes are taking place between the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian, Lebanese, Iraqi, Iranian, Afghan, and Palestinian nationalities against the members of the “Islamic State” organization.
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published less than 24 hours ago, that the last pocket of the “Islamic State” organization west of the Euphrates River stretching from al-Ashayer area to al-Jala’a town in the west of al-Bokamal city; is witnessing shelling by the regime forces on the pocket that still controlled by the organization west of the Euphrates.
Warplanes carried out several raids this dawn, on areas in Al-Rahjan town and the villages of Al-Zafiriyyah, Om Myal, Abu Dali, Al-Bulail and Al-Mshirfah, in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, and no information about injuries, accompanied by exchange of shelling between the regime forces and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham in the area, as a part of a preparation for a new attack expected to be started by the regime forces during the next few hours.
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that it monitored clashes in 2 areas, the first is between the regime forces and their allies against Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, and the second is between the “Islamic State” organization against Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, and the clashes in both areas were accompanied with intense shelling that left casualties in the ranks of the fighting parties.