Hundreds of Syrians Killed in Attacks and US-Led Air Strikes, November 18, 2018

Hundreds of Syrians Killed in Attacks and US-Led Air Strikes

November 18, 2018

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The following are news stories from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) website (http://www.syriahr.com/en/):

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57 were killed on November 16, 2018, including 31 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them and 23 other people

It rose to 2 citizens, the number of who joined yesterday, Friday, the convoy of casualties of the Syrian revolution.

SOHR, 17/11/2018

In Idlib Province, a child was killed in shelling by the regime forces on areas in Babulin village in countryside Idlib.

In Aleppo Province, a woman was killed in a landmine explosion on the outskirts of Mar’anaz village while the citizens were harvesting olive crops.

The “Islamic State” organization executed two women in its controlled areas on the eastern banks of Euphrates River, on charges of “dealing with the Syria Democratic Forces”, in al-Sha’fa area in its last enclave at the east bank of Euphrates, and it is not known yet whether both women were of the abducted people or of the residents of the area.

While 5 jihadist fighters were killed in shelling and clashes against the regime forces in the Triangle of al-Ghab – Latakia – Idlib

14 members of the “Islamic State” Organization were killed in clashes against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them and the “reconciliation” factions in Tlul al-Safa.

And 31 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them died due to injuries they had in shelling and clashes against the “Islamic State” organization and the factions.

At least 3 members of the “Islamic State” organization and the factions of non-Syrian nationalities were killed in clashes and shelling of warplanes and helicopters and shelling on areas of their presence.

International Coalition kills 43 Syrian people including 29 children and woman and carries out the largest massacre in eastern Euphrates since the start of operations about 10 weeks ago

SOHR, 17/11/2018

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:

the Syrian Observatory monitored the International Coalition warplanes carrying out a new massacre, which is the largest since the 10th of September 2018, the date of the start of the operation of the International Coalition and the Syria Democratic Forces to end the presence of the “Islamic State” Organization in the area, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 43 people, they are: 17 children under the age of eighteen, 12 women, 7 youths and men, as well as 7 other people who were not known whether they were members of the “Islamic State” organization or not, and the reliable sources of the Syrian Observatory confirmed that the massacre took place at 3:30 am on Saturday, the 17th of November 2018, and lasted for about 10 minutes after targeting houses in the vicinity of a mosque in Abu al-Hasan village, which is located between the towns of Hajin and Sha’afah within the last enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization at the east banks of Euphrates River, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, followed by airstrikes at 7 am on today, Saturday, and information about casualties.

And with more casualties, it rises to 234 including 82 children and 57 citizen women (including 120 Syrian citizens including 50 children and 31 women of Syrian nationality), thus, which increased the number of people who were killed according to the 3 stages of the Coalition bombing, which was divided by the Syrian Observatory to 3 phases, the first of which is the first month of the military operation in which the Syria Democratic Forces and the Coalition advanced in the last enclave of the organization and controlled al-Baghuz, al-Susah, al-Shajla and parts of Hajin and the advanced in other outskirts and areas of the enclave, where Coalition airstrikes killed at least 5 Syrian civilians, and this first phase was from the 10th of September to the 10th of October 2018, while the second phase was from the 10th of October to the 28th of the same month, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the death of 47 civilians including 14 children and 7 women, including 15 Syrians including 8 children and 3 women, they were killed in airstrikes by the International Coalition warplanes which targeted at least 4 mosques, a Koranic school, and civilian homes, while the third stage represented by shelling by the International Coalition and killed 182 civilians including 68 children and 50 women, including 100 Syrian citizens including 42 children and 28 women, in several areas under the control of the “Islamic State” organization at the eastern bank of Euphrates River, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

The death toll escalated as the organization began its counterattacks with the first monthly anniversary of the military operation launched by the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition, and escalated more after both last mentioned lost all that they were able to control in their operation, while the Syrian Observatory for the Rights of Human military monitored movements by the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition forces; on the contact areas with the enclave of the “Islamic State” on the east banks of Euphrates River, in preparation by the first mentioned to end what remained for the organization in the eastern Euphrates, as they brought more large military reinforcements to the vicinity of the enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: the SDF brought about 1700 fighters in the last 24 hours from the areas of Ayn al-Arab (Kobani), Manbij, and other areas under the control of SDF, where fighters of several factions of SDF were brought such as Jaysh al-Thowwar, the Kurdish Front brigade, and others, in addition to bringing members of the Internal security forces “Asayish”, as part of the continuous preparations by the Syria Democratic Forces to begin the grand ground military operation, which aims to end the presence of the Organization east of Euphrates.

Coalition massacres kill 139 civilians including 89 children and women since they and SDF lost their total progress east of Euphrates River

SOHR, 17/11/2018

Between gain and loss, triumph and defeat, progress and retreat, civilians have had the greatest share of killing, through shells and missiles killed civilians each time within areas of control of the “Islamic State” organization in its last enclave in the area, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has been able to monitor the casualties as a result of strikes of the International Coalition, where the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 191 citizens civilians, the majority of them are of Iraqi nationality and families of members of the “Islamic State” organization, including 65 children and 45 women including 77 Syria citizens among them there are 33 children and 19 citizen women, divided by the Syrian Observatory to 3 phases, the first of which is the first month of the military operation in which the Syria Democratic Forces and the Coalition advanced in the last enclave of the organization and controlled al-Baghuz, al-Susah, al-Shajla and parts of Hajin and the advanced in other outskirts and areas of the enclave, where Coalition airstrikes killed at least 5 Syrian civilians, and this first phase was from the 10th of September to the 10th of October 2018, while the second phase was from the 10th of October to the 28th of the same month, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the death of 47 civilians including 14 children and 7 women, including 15 Syrians including 8 children and 3 women, they were killed in airstrikes by the International Coalition warplanes which targeted at least 4 mosques, a Koranic school, and civilian homes, while the third stage represented by shelling by the International Coalition and killed 139 civilians including 51 children and 38 women, including 57 Syrian citizens including 25 children and 16 women, in several areas under the control of the “Islamic State” organization at the eastern bank of Euphrates River, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

The Syrian Observatory published 7 days ago that the military operations within the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, against the last enclave remaining under the control of the “Islamic State” organization on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, completed their second consecutive month on the 10th of November 2018, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that with the end of the second moth, the situations returned to point zero, as they were before launching the military operation on the 10th of September 2018, the date when it was launched under the command of the Coalition and the Syria Democratic Forces, where the organization has depended since the operation completed its first month and to the end of the second moth, on counter attacks that were carried out by it, through which the organization targeted the advancements which were achieved by the Coalition and the SDF in the first month of heavy aerial and ground shelling by the both parties and by the International Coalitions’ warplanes, and the operations led to the recovery of all the areas that the organization lost during the military operation, thus, its controlled areas expanded again from Hajin town to the Syrian – Iraqi border, including the towns and villages of Hajin, Al-Sha’afah, al-Marashdah, Al-Bokhater, Al-Bobadran, Al-Susah, Al-Shajlah, Al-Baghuz Foqani and Al-Baghuz Tahtani, and the organization depended during the operations of recovering these areas, on blowing fighters themselves up using bobby trapped vehicles and explosive belts, as well as depending on the members of the “Caliphate Cubs” of children who have joined the organization, in addition to women recruited within the ranks of the organization, it also depended greatly on the tunnels which enabled it to move its vehicles without being targeted by the International Coalition, which confused the SDF and the Coalition.

military operations within the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, against the last enclave remaining under the control of the “Islamic State” organization on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, completed their second consecutive month on the 10th of November 2018, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that with the end of the second moth, the situations returned to point zero, as they were before launching the military operation on the 10th of September 2018, the date when it was launched under the command of the Coalition and the Syria Democratic Forces, where the organization has depended since the operation completed its first month and to the end of the second moth, on counter attacks that were carried out by it, through which the organization targeted the advancements which were achieved by the Coalition and the SDF in the first month of heavy aerial and ground shelling by the both parties and by the International Coalitions’ warplanes, and the operations led to the recovery of all the areas that the organization lost during the military operation, thus, its controlled areas expanded again from Hajin town to the Syrian – Iraqi border, including the towns and villages of Hajin, Al-Sha’afah, al-Marashdah, Al-Bokhater, Al-Bobadran, Al-Susah, Al-Shajlah, Al-Baghuz Foqani and Al-Baghuz Tahtani, and the organization depended during the operations of recovering these areas, on blowing fighters themselves up using bobby trapped vehicles and explosive belts, as well as depending on the members of the “Caliphate Cubs” of children who have joined the organization, in addition to women recruited within the ranks of the organization, it also depended greatly on the tunnels which enabled it to move its vehicles without being targeted by the International Coalition, which confused the SDF and the Coalition.

The military operation which the SDF and the International Coalition announced about on the 10th of September 2018, came after weeks of preparations represented by bringing thousands of fighters by the Syria Democratic Forces and the Coalition to the vicinity of the enclave which is controlled by the organization, in addition to bringing massive military reinforcements of armored vehicles, tanks, heavy gears, bulldozers, machineguns, missiles, ammunition and logistic equipment, which entered the Syrian territory on trucks and were transported to the vicinity of this enclave, and the recent 2 weeks witnessed the sending of hundreds of trucks loaded with logistic equipment, weapons and ammunition, to the bases of the International Coalition and the battle fronts, while the military operation has been concentrated since it was launched in 2 main fronts the first of which is Hajin town where the organization defended desperately against the SDF’s advancement, and Al-Baghuz area where the SDF managed to achieve further advancement, where the SOHR monitored that the SDF managed during the military operation to take the control of large spaces of Al-Baghuz Foqani, and to impose their control over Al-Shajlah village and Muzan area, they also advanced and took the control of most of Al-Susah town, and into the outskirts of al-Marashdah village, and they advanced into parts of Hajin town, clamping down on the “Islamic State” organization which was seeking to prevent the SDF from confining it in narrower area, but the heavy firepower used by the SDF and the Coalition in the artillery and rocket shelling as well as the airstrikes carried out by the International Coalition’s warplanes on the area, prevented the organization from achieving its goal, until it started on the 10th of October to carry out counterattacks led to recovering the areas it lost during the advancement of the SDF and the Coalition, where the organization focused greatly on the counterattacks and blowing the fighters themselves up using bobby trapped vehicles and explosive belts, and depended on the heavy-planted mines in its last enclave in the east of the Euphrates, in addition to using the tunnels that secure easy movement for it in its controlled areas, and the tunnels sometimes secure its counterattacks against the advancements of the SDF, where they were highly alerted during their latest control over the area, when they advance as a result of all of these details that obstructed their planned advancement.

With the anticipation for launching the last military operation east of Euphrates by the Coalition and SDF, new attacks by ISIS in Hajin on the outskirts of its last enclave

SOHR, 18/11/2018

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: areas of the last enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization at the east bank of Euphrates River are witnessing renewed attack by the Organization against positions of the Syria Democratic Forces, on the outskirts of Hajin town at the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where violent clashes took place between both parties, and information about casualties in their ranks, these clashes come as the preparations continue to carry out the military operation by the Coalition and the Syria Democratic Forces against the “Islamic State” Organization, in its last area of presence within its controlled enclave at the east of Euphrates, which has not begun yet, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was published yesterday that the Syrian Observatory monitored the International Coalition warplanes carrying out a new massacre, which is the largest since the 10th of September 2018, the date of the start of the operation of the International Coalition and the Syria Democratic Forces to end the presence of the “Islamic State” Organization in the area, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 43 people, they are: 17 children under the age of eighteen, 12 women, 7 youths and men, as well as 7 other people who were not known whether they were members of the “Islamic State” organization or not, and the reliable sources of the Syrian Observatory confirmed that the massacre took place at 3:30 am on Saturday, the 17th of November 2018, and lasted for about 10 minutes after targeting houses in the vicinity of a mosque in Abu al-Hasan village, which is located between the towns of Hajin and Sha’afah within the last enclave of the “Islamic State” Organization at the east banks of Euphrates River, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, followed by airstrikes at 7 am on today, Saturday, and information about casualties.

The west bank of Euphrates witnesses a new attack by ISIS against positions of the Iranian Forces, the regime, and their allies after hours of targeting in the area

SOHR, 18/11/2018

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory monitored violent clashes since dawn of today, Sunday, the 18th of November 2018, between the “Islamic State” Organization against the Iranian Forces and the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, in areas in the desert stretching from al-Kashmeh Desert until al-Mayadin on the west banks of Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, in a sudden and violent attack by members of the Organization against sites of the Iranians and the regime forces in this area, and the violent clashes are accompanied by intensive shelling carried out by the regime forces, in attempts to repel the organization’s attacks and force it to stop this attack, amid confirmed information about casualties and injuries in the ranks of both parties, also these attacks come after exchange of shelling between both parties in the evening of yesterday, and four days after similar attacks in the west bank of Euphrates River, where the Syrian Observatory published that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored shelling by the regime forces on the controlled areas of the “Islamic State” organization, at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, and in the details monitored by the Syrian Observatory; the regime forces shelled areas in Al-Susah and Al-Baghuz towns in ISIS last enclave, at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, followed by targeting by the organization on the regime’s controlled areas in Al-Sokkariyeh area adjacent to Al-Bokamal city, and no information was reported about human losses, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 14th of November 2018, that it monitored rocket shelling carried out by the regime forces and the Iranian Forces on Wednesday evening, the 14th of November 2018, targeted places in Hajin town which is controlled by the “Islamic State” Organization at the eastern bank of Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where this shelling comes as a response or retaliation for the attack carried out by ISIS hours ago on positions of the Iranians, the regime forces, and their allies on the west bank of Euphrates River.

And the Syrian Observatory published at that day, that the Syrian Observatory monitored violent clashes in areas in the desert of al-Dwayr village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor on the west bank of Euphrates River, between the Iranian Forces and the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities; against the “Islamic State” organization, in a sudden attack carried out by members of the organization on sites of the regime forces and their allies, amid exchange of targeting and shelling, and confirmed information about casualties in the ranks of both parties, while these attacks come in spite of the large fortifications that the Iranian Forces and the regime forces are carrying out and their securing of their positions, where the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the Iranian Forces in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor at the west bank of Euphrates River; continue to fortify their positions and points in anticipation of any counterattacks by the Islamic State organization against the Iranian Forces and the regime forces and their allies there, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the Iranian Forces continuing planting IEDs and mines along the west bank of Euphrates River -where they are located,- as part of their fortifications to reduce the frequency of attacks by the Organization through crossing the Euphrates river from the east bank -where its enclave is located- to the west bank, also this fortification process comes with anticipation to launch the major ground operation of SDF east of Euphrates, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 5th of November 2018, that since losing its strategic control on the road of Tehran – Beirut in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor on the western banks of Euphrates River, in December 2017; the “Islamic State” Organization has not stopped threatening the regime forces and their allies of the Iranian Forces, the Palestinian, Lebanese, Iraqi, Afghan, Syrian and Asian militias who are present in the entire western line of Euphrates, the threat took the form of artillery and ground attacks targeted the regime forces and its allies, or through ground attacks monitored by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in which the “Islamic State” Organization moves from the eastern banks of Euphrates River, coming from its last pocket east of the river to the west bank of the river, and it comes every time from an area trying to bluff the regime forces and their allies, and despite their surveillance of the river they were not able to stop these attacks, which cause large numbers of casualties and wounded each time, also the Organization was able to make a road for itself to exit towards the Syrian Desert, in which the Organization has a large enclave in addition to positions scattered within the Syrian Desert on the administrative border between Deir Ezzor and Homs.

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The following are news stories from the US Department of Defense website (http://www.defense.gov/News) .

and US Centcom Press releases (http://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/):

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Operation Roundup targets ISIS remnants

Release No: 18-112 Nov. 13, 2018
November 13, 2018
Release # 20181113-01

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners continue to pursue the lasting defeat of ISIS in designated parts of Iraq and Syria.

Operation Roundup, which began May 1 for the defeat of ISIS in the Middle Euphrates River Valley and Iraqi- Syrian border region, has continued through offensive operations coupled with precision Coalition strike support.

Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve and its partner forces' operations are exerting pressure on ISIS senior leaders and associates, as well as degrading, disrupting and dismantling ISIS organizational structures throughout Iraq and Syria.

Operation Roundup will continue to target ISIS remnants as the coalition remains committed to the lasting defeat of ISIS to increase peace and stability in the region, and to protect all our homelands from ISIS's terrorist threat.

Weekly Strike Summary

Between Nov. 4 and Nov. 10, CJTF-OIR coalition military forces conducted 150 strikes consisting of 331 engagements in Syria.

On Nov. 10 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted 23 strikes consisting of 36 engagements against ISIS targets.
•             Near Hajin, 23 strikes destroyed two command and control centers, one IED facility, one logistic facility, five buildings, four tunnels, two staging areas, six supply routes, one fighting position and one UAS launch site.

There were no reported strikes conducted in Iraq on Nov 10, 2018.

On Nov. 9 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted 19 strikes consisting of 46 engagements against ISIS targets.
•             Near Hajin, 19 strikes engaged 15 tactical units, and destroyed six buildings, three tunnels, two command and control centers, one observation point, one vehicle borne IED, three supply routes and two weapons caches.

On Nov. 9 in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted one strike consisting of one engagement against ISIS targets.
•             Near Lake Qadisiyyah, one strike damaged one weapons cache.

On Nov. 8 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted 17 strikes consisting of 49 engagements against ISIS targets.
•             Near Hajin, 19 strikes engaged three tactical units, destroyed two command and control centers, two buildings, one observation point, four supply routes, one fighting position, five weapons caches, three tunnels and one staging area.

On Nov. 8 in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted two strikes consisting of two engagements against ISIS
targets.
•             Near Jazeerah desert, two strikes destroyed one building and one cave.

On Nov. 7 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted 25 strikes consisting of 48 engagements against ISIS targets.
•             Near Hajin, 25 strikes engaged four tactical units, and destroyed two weapons caches, four tunnels, four staging areas, four command and control centers, three fighting positions, one vehicle borne IED, one building, eight mortars, one IED facility and three supply routes.

On Nov. 7 in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted one strike consisting of one engagement against ISIS
targets.
•             Near Lake Hamrin, one strike destroyed one building.

On Nov. 6 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted 15 strikes consisting of 45 engagements against an ISIS targets.
•             Near Hajin, 15 strikes destroyed seven supply routes, two fighting positions, two buildings, two mortars, one firing position, one staging area, two weapons caches, two observation points and three tunnels.

There were no reported strikes conducted in Iraq on Nov. 6, 2018.

On Nov. 5 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted 17 strikes consisting of 32 engagements against ISIS targets.
•             Near Hajin, 17 strikes engaged one tactical unit, and destroyed one supply route, one weapons cache, one tunnel, three buildings, two command and control centers, four fighting positions, eight staging areas, eight mortars and one observation point.

There were no reported strikes conducted in Iraq on Nov. 5, 2018.

On Nov. 4, 2018 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted 30 military strikes consisting of 71 engagements against ISIS targets.

•             Near Hajin, 30 strikes engaged 49 tactical units, and destroyed seven supply routes, 19 mortars, 13 fighting positions, one bed down location and seven staging areas.

There were no reported strikes conducted in Iraq on Nov. 4, 2018.

On Nov. 2 and Oct. 30, Coalition military forces conducted three strikes consisting of five engagements in Iraq
that were not reported in the previous releases:
•             On Nov. 2, near Khanukah mountains, two military strikes consisting of three engagements destroyed two caves and one bed down location.

•             On Oct. 30, near Khanukah mountains, one military strike consisting of two engagements destroyed two buildings.

http://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/1689045/november-13-operation-roundup-targets-isis-remnants/

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