Over the last 72 hours, the militants of Jaysh Al-Islam (Army of Islam) have suffered a significant amount of casualties in Douma due to the Syrian Arab Air Force’s (SAAF) bombing campaigns and the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) present siege of this rebel stronghold.

Yesterday, the 105th Brigade of the Syrian Arab Army’s Republican Guard (Harss Al-Jamhouri) broke-through Jaysh Al-Islam defenses at Aliyyah Farms and took control over a large area of territory in northern Douma.

East of Douma, the 105th Brigade continued to press Jaysh Al-Islam forces at Ar-Rayhan Farms, while advancing toward the city. The Republican Guard was able to capture the Ar-Rayhan Orchard (Bastan Ar-Rayhan), following a fierce firefight with Jaysh Al-Islam over this rugged area.

The total casualty count for the 105th Brigade was recorded at 31 soldiers over the last 3 days; meanwhile, the total number of militants lost from Jaysh Al-Islam was unknown. However, sources close to Al-Masdar News were able to report the names of 53 identified rebel fighters that were killed over the course of 3 days in Douma:

Hisham Al-Sheikh Bakri Imad ‘Abdel-Majeed Mohammad Al-Ajawa Raghad Al-Najjar Kamaal ‘Arbas ‘Abdel-Nasser Saami Barkhash Ahmad Mohammad Al-Bajour Mounir Al-Mardeeni Rasheed ‘Umar Khayti Hassan Shahada Al-Faraa Aymen Waleed Nasser Haani ‘Abdullah Al-Kalas Mohammad Salaam Basheer ‘Aybour Nader Rajib Al-Fawaz Nouress Anwar Al-Mardeeni Mohammad Al-‘Ayaani Khaled Al-Haybaani Iyad Al-Nahass Farouq Mawfaq Khabyat Ratib Aywan Mohammad Al-Deen Dalyaan Mohammad Nazeer Sayyid Mahmoud Mohmmad Ibrahim ‘Ali Fayeez Fawaz Mustafa Ahmad Al-Daraa Ahmad Khaled Al-Barghouth Ibrahim Al-Ahmad Mohammad ‘Umar Al-Shaker Mohammad Mounir Al-Barzaawi Anas Ghaazi Mohammad Yasseen Al-Ajaawi Rawaan Khabyat Mohammad Al-Khanshour ‘Umar Hamid, Hamza Badraan (AKA “Abu ‘Umar”) Yahya Al-Namil Mohammad Al-Masha’awat Mazen Al-Sheikh Bakri Younis Al-Sheikh Bakri ‘Issam ‘Uthman Al-Shamaali Ghassan Ghaazi Al-Waqaaf ‘Adnan Yousif Al-Saa’our Mohannad Al-Hazim (Military defector from Aleppo) Nidal ‘Abdel-Nafa’a Nazeer Ghaazi Al-Waqaaf Majid Al-Manisi Sameer Al-Sabeeha Faadiyya Al-Hajaat Hassan Khirbaash ‘Abdel-Kareem Al-Ja’ouss Lu’ayy Al-Toukhi Fouad ‘Abdel-Malik Tameem Khabyat