(Zaman Al Wasl)- Activists based in the border town of Albu Kamal have documented death of 103 civilians in seven days of heavy bombing even after the regime claims of taking the key town in eastern Deir Ezzor province on November 19.
The regime army and its allies said ten days ago they had taken complete control over Albu Kamal, Islamic State’s last significant town in Syria.
The army had declared victory over Islamic State in Albu Kamal earlier this month but the jihadists then staged a counter-attack using sleeper cells hidden in the town.
Driving Islamic State from Albu Kamal means only a few villages along the Euphrates and patches of nearby desert, as well as isolated pockets in other parts of the country, remain in Syria of the caliphate it declared in 2014, Reuters reported.
According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, nearly 12,000 people died across the country – including 3,001 civilians during the past four months.
Syria’s grinding war has killed over 340,000 people since it broke out in 2011, including more than 100,000 civilians, the Observatory said in new estimate last week.
Zaman A Wasl
Comments About This Article
Please fill the fields below.