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Islamic State carries out its motto “lasting and explading” and seizes more than 50 % of Syria
May 21, 2015 Comments Off on Islamic State carries out its motto “lasting and explading” and seizes more than 50 % of Syria

Islamic State Organization could expand its held areas inside the Syrian territory due to its attacks since the declaration of its alleged “caliphate” in 6/28/2014 until now, where the organization seizes more than 95000 km2 of Syria and exists in the provinces of Homs, al- Raqqa, Deir Ezzor, al- Hasakah, Hama, Alappo, Damascus, Rif Dimashq, Daraa and al- Suwaydaa.

It also takes control over the vast majority of the gas and oilfields in Syria, where only the regime- held gas field of al- Sha’er in the countryside of Homs and YPG- held oilfields of Rmeilan in the countryside of al- Hasakah are still out of its control.

After seizing Tadmor, IS becomes control an area expands from south of Abdul Aziz Mountain and the town of al- Hol in southeast of al- Hasakah to most of the provinces of Deir Ezzor and al- Raqqa, and from the city of Mare’ in the northern countryside of Aleppo and Tadmor in the east of Homs and the whole Syrian Desert to the northeast of the province of al- Suwaydaa and the eastern countryside of Rif Dimashq as well as seizing wide areas in al- Yarmouk Camp and the neighborhood of al- Hajar al- Aswad in south of Damascus.

SOHR could document the death of 462 people since the beginning of IS attack on the two cities of al- Sikhni and Tadmor in May 13, until May 20, where SOHR documented the death and execution of 71 people; 22 people, including 3 children and 7 women, died due to fall of shells, and explosion and aerial bombardment on places in the city of al- Sikhni while 49 people executed by IS; 23 people of families of government officials, in the village of al- Aamiriyyi and outskirts of the officers’ houses area in north and northeast of the city of Tadmor in east of Homs, including 9 persons under 18 years old and 5 women. They also executed 26 people, 10 of them were beheaded, in the village of al- Aamiriyyi and city of al- Sikhni in east of Homs, where IS executed some of them on charge of “dealing and cooperating with the infidel regime” while others executed by members from the region as a result of a personal vendetta charging them of “dealing with the regime”.

It also documented the killing of 241 members of the regime forces and allied militiamen in clashes with IS in the cities of al- Sikhni and Tadmor as well as in the gas field of al- Hil, including 8 officers at least and 15 NDF militiamen of al- Shaitaat tripe.

The death of 150 IS militants had been documented by SOHR in clashes with IS in the cities of al- Sikhni and Tadmor, the gas field of al- Hil, the military garage of vehicles, al- Aamiriyyi village and around the castle, including 3 leading figures; 1 is Syrian while the 2 others are Arab nationals.