Syrian troops resume bombarding Hama and Homos

Clashes continue between the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them of Syrian, Arab and Asian nationalities, against the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in the northern and northeastern parts of al-Bokamal in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, which used to be the last city for the organization in Syria and its largest remaining stronghold in Deir Ezzor Province and the Syrian territory, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that these continuous clashes come in an attempt by the “Islamic State “organization to re-advance in the area taking advantage of the bad weather there.

In a related context the Syrian Observatory documented more casualties in the ranks of both parties of the clashes; in the air and missile bombardments, explosions and clashes in the period from Thursday the 16th of November 2017 until Sunday the 22nd of the same month, where it rose to 43, the number of casualties of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them including 28 of the Lebanese, Iranian and Iraqi nationalities, and one of them a commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

However, it raised to 64 the number of casualties of the “Islamic State” organization, including 11 suicide bombers who blew themselves up in booby trapped vehicles and explosive belts, all of them were killed in the mentioned period of time.

In Damascus, regime forces continued their rocket shelling on areas in the Eastern Ghouta, where they targeted this evening with 4 missiles believed to be ground-to-ground places at the outskirts of Ein Tarma, while a shell launched by the regime forces and landed on area in al-Nashabiyah town, also about 10 shells fell on areas at the outskirts of Hosh al-Dawahra town in al-Marj area.

However, the clashes decreased in the vicinity of the Vehicles Department and other areas within it between the Islamic Movement of Ahrar al-Sham against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, while it turned out that the 6 casualties who were killed in a massacre carried out by warplanes which bombarded areas in the town of Mdira near the Vehicles Department in the Eastern Ghouta; are a man and his wife and 4 of their children, the bombing has also caused the injury of 17 other persons at least.

Raising to 77 including 14 children under the age of eighteen, 7 citizens over the age of eighteen and 4 members of the Civil Defense, the number of people who have been killed since Tuesday the 14th of November 2017, where 17 citizens were killed today, Sunday, and they are 5 civilians including a child were killed in missile shelling on Douma city, and 4 citizen were killed in shelling by the regime forces on Mesraba town, and 6 citizens were killed in airstrikes on Mdira town, and a member of the Civil Defense was killed in a rocket shelling on Hamuriya, and a man died affected by an injury he had in the rocket shelling on Douma.

Also, explosions were heard at the outskirts of the capital Damascus, caused by the fall of shells on areas in the neighborhood of Esh Al-Warwar in ​​Barza area, which caused material damage and injured at least one person.

According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the explosions were caused by the fall of shells on areas in Mazzeh in the capital and other areas in Jaramana Suburb near Damascus, which caused casualties, where two persons at least were killed and 8 others at least were injured in the Mazzeh area, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, raising to 16 at least.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday, that the death toll is continuing to increase with the continuation of the warplanes to target Idlib and Hama provinces, and as a result of the continuous escalation of raids by the Russian as well as the regime’s warplanes and helicopters, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented since the 19th of September 2017 until today the 28th of September 2017 at least 135 casualties, including 44 children below the age of eighteen and 34 women over the age of eighteen, who were killed in air strikes on the western villages of Jisr al-Shughour and the cities, towns and villages of Khan Shaykoun and Qal’aat al-Madiq, al-Tamanah, Kafrnboda, al-Sahriyah, al-Latmanah, Saraqeb, al-Tah, Kafrsajnah, Sarja, Dana.