Syrian governmental forces clash against ISIS in Deir Al Zour

Clashes took place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against fighters of the rebel and Islamic factions, in areas in the vicinity of al-Ajraf village in the countryside of Quneitra, and the clashes were accompanied by exchange of targeting between both parties.

Two citizens from Aqraba town in the countryside of Daraa were killed under torture in regime’s security detentions after about 5 years of being arrested, while a person was killed and two others were injured in the town of Eastern Karak, after being shot inside one of the houses in the town, local sources confirmed that members of the court have raided the house looking for “wanted”, which killed a person and injured two others, the court accused them of “planting IEDs and carrying out assassinations in the countryside of Daraa”.

Areas in the southern countryside of Aleppo witnessed artillery shelling, where the regime forces targeted using several shells areas in the villages of Al-Ziyara and al-Owaynat, in conjunction with shelling targeted areas in the villages of Betaran, Kafrabish and Rasm Karkour in the same countryside, which caused material damage but no information about casualties.

The regime forces targeted using several areas shells areas in Talbiseh city in the northern countryside of Homs, in conjunction with opening heavy machineguns’ fire on places in the Western Taybah town in the same countryside, while the clashes renewed in areas in the vicinity of al-Mahatta area north of Homs, between the regime forces supported by their loyal gunmen against members of the “Islamic State” organization, amid exchange of targeting.

Explosions shook areas in the southwest of Rif Dimashq, caused by the fall of shells launched by the factions and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham on areas in Harfa village, which is controlled by the regime forces, but no information about casualties yet, while shells landed on areas in the Al-Assad suburb which is controlled by the regime forces and opposite to Harasta city, also clashes took place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against fighters of Rahman Corps, in areas in the vicinity of Ein Tarma town at the western outskirts of the Eastern Ghouta.

Explosions were heard in Deir Ezzor city, caused by shelling by the “Islamic State” organization targeting areas in al-Qosur neighborhood which is controlled by the regime forces in Deir Ezzor city, which caused injuries, while the clashes continue between the regime forces supported by the gunmen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against members of the “Islamic State” organization in places in Al-Hamidiyyeh area and other areas in al-Khasarat and the Old Airport in Deir Ezzor city, in which the regime forces continue trying to achieve more advancement at the expense of the Organization in order to end the presence of ISIS in the city.

The clashes are accompanied by exchange of targeting between both parties, also the clashes continued in areas in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor Province, where the clashes were concentrated in Al-Mayadin Desert at the west banks of the Euphrates River and in the vicinity of the Second Station southwest of Bokamal, near the administrative border with Homs province, amid advancement for the regime forces in locations between the Station and the Syrian-Iraqi border, also the warplanes targeted areas in al-Asharah town and caused considerable material damage.

Syrian Observatory published that it monitored that the warplanes carried out intensive strikes targeted the controlled areas of Tahrir Al-Sham and the areas which the regime forces attacked, accompanied the violent fighting between the both parties, thus the number of strikes that hit the north-eastern countryside of Hama, has increased to 390 strikes, and caused great damage to the infrastructure and to the property of the citizens, in which the strikes hit the villages of Al-Rahjan, Al-Shatib, Arafa, Tell Khanzir, al-Shakuziyyeh, Qasr Ibn Wardan, Jib Al-Sokkar, Abu Dali, Umm Turaykiyah, Al-Mshirfah, Al-Dafriyyah, Qasr Shawy, Al-Khalidiya, Rabda, Eib Al-Khaznah, Mweileh, Hawayiz, Al-Rweideh, Al-Hamdania, Haymaniyah, Zughayr and other residential communities and position controlled by Tahrir Al-Sham, since the 22nd of October 2017, until today the 29th of October 2017, in which the villages mentioned above witnessed violent and successive air strikes, with varying pace of escalations and intensity.