Aleppo Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 2 violent consecutive explosions were heard at sundown on the 19th May 2019 in Manbij city, which is controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces, they were caused by the explosion of 2 IEDs near al-Kura Roundabout, which caused material damage, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 16th of May 2019 that a violent explosion shook Manbij city which is controlled by factions of the Syria Democratic Forces in the northeastern sector of Aleppo countryside, it turned out to be caused by a car bomb explosion Thursday afternoon at “al-Najda” headquarters in the city which caused casualties, where the Syrian Observatory documented the death of a person at least and the injury of 7 other people between civilians and military personnel, including 4 soldiers who are in critical conditions, while the Syrian Observatory monitored the flight of the Coalition helicopters over the area immediately after the bombing, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 8th of May 2019 that an explosion shook Manbij area in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, which is controlled by factions of the Syria Democratic Forces, caused by the explosion of a booby-trapped motorcycle in al-Farat village in the western countryside of Manbij, which caused casualties, where 2 people were killed and 4 people were injured, and the Syrian Observatory published on yesterday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a new explosion in Manbij city on Tuesday morning, the 7th of May 2019, it was caused by a booby-trapped motorcycle in the 30th Street of Manbij city, which is controlled by factions of the Syria Democratic Forces in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, which caused material damage but no information about casualties yet, and the Syrian Observatory published days ago, that a new explosion took place in the morning of today, Wednesday, the 1st of May, where it shook Manbij city which is controlled by factions of the Syria Democratic Forces in Aleppo countryside, it turned out to be caused by a mine explosion at the southern entrance of the city which injured 2 people, and the Syrian Observatory learned that the bombing was an attempted assassination targeted the commander of “Jaysh al-Thowwar” of the SDF, but it did not cause damage, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 22nd of April 2019 that a violent explosion was heard in Manbij city, which is controlled by factions of the Syria Democratic Forces in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, it turned out to be caused by a motorcycle explosion near al-Matahen roundabout in the city, which caused material damage until the moment, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 18th of April 2019 that a new explosion rocked Manbij city today evening, Wednesday, which is under the control of the Syria Democratic Forces in the north-eastern countryside of Aleppo, it turned out that it was caused by an IED explosion on the road to Sheikh Yehia in the north-west of Manbij city, which caused material damage, without information about casualties so far, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 11th of April 2019, that monitored 2 explosions Thursday morning, the 11th of April 2019 in Manbij city in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, which is controlled by factions of the Syria Democratic Forces, one of them was a mine explosion targeted a car of Manbij Military Council in the city, resulting in material damage but no information about casualties, while the second explosion was caused by a mine explosion in Manbij city, and no information about casualty, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that a funeral was held today, the 10th of April 2019, for 4 members of the Syria Democratic Forces who were killed in battles at Deir Ezzor earlier, where the funeral, where the funeral was held in Manbij city at the northeastern sector of Aleppo countryside in a procession of Tens of vehicles and machines, protected by armored vehicles of the International Coalition, amid the flight of four coalition warplanes in the skies of the area, also the Syrian Observatory learned that this funeral operation coincided with dismantling a booby-trapped bicycle in Manbij by the Syria Democratic Forces, which was prepared to be detonated in conjunction with the funeral, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the electronic media warfare continues, talking about the approach of a Turkish military operation and the preparations which are underway against the east Euphrates area, where the Syria Democratic Forces control it, starting from Manbij northeast of Aleppo, by publishing posts and news on social media sites about the entry of large Turkish columns and about a situation of alert areas of “Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch,” and other similar false news as the reality is different from that, where the Turkish columns which enter the Syrian territory have become a routine procedure to enhance the Turkish points and providing logistic and military equipment, as well as to switching shifts with other points, and the Syrian Observatory learned that the pro-Turkish factions have not been informed of any military operation until the moment, and they have not been asked to mobilize, where they live their normal life within the areas where they are deployed without any new changes, and the Syrian Observatory published at the end of March 2019 that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the internal security forces and intelligence working in Manbij area in the northeastern sector of Aleppo countryside, managed to arrest the cell that carried out the biggest attack after the official announcement of victory over the “Islamic State” Organization, which targeted a checkpoint of the self-defense forces in Manbij area on the road of Aleppo and killed 8 members of them, in addition to injuring 2 others with varying severity, and reliable sources confirmed that the attackers were tracked after being identified through surveillance cameras, while the Syrian Observatory monitored more security operations by the Syria Democratic Forces, the internal security forces “Asayish,” and the intelligence forces; searching for people accused of belonging to cells of the “Islamic State” Organization and other regional bodies responsible for assassinations and killings of civilians, SDF members, Asayish, and self-defense forces in many Syrian areas.

And as a part of the series of assassinations and killing attempts which target the Syria Democratic Forces, citizens and people who were threatened by the Organization in the declaration of its revenge back in late August 2018 until the 30th of March 2019, where these reprisals claimed the lives of 268 fighters, civilians, oil workers, and officials in service parties, in areas within the 4 provinces of Aleppo, Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah and Al-Hasakah, in addition to Manbij area in the northeast of Aleppo Province, which is controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces, where the Syrian Observatory monitored these cells assassinating 77 civilians including a woman in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, al-Hasakah countryside, al-Raqqah city and countryside, and Manbij area, in addition to the assassination of 187 fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces including local leaders in the same areas, and 4 members of International Coalition were killed, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Human monitored the injury of tens of people due to these assassinations.

Since the announcement of the “Islamic State” Organization, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has monitored the revenge of ISIS of the Syria Democratic Forces, in retaliation for its loss of oil and economic resources east of Euphrates, where the “Islamic State” organization announced that through leaflets distributed in secret in towns and villages controlled by Syria Democratic Forces.

And although the “Islamic State” Organization was fully ended as a dominant military force in the east Euphrates area, especially within the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas which extend from Manbij to the Syrian-Iraqi border, the Organization’s activity continues in the form of cells operating within the aforementioned areas, through carrying out bombings, attacks, assassinations, and murders, against civilians, fighters, and members of the Syria Democratic Forces and the internal security forces “Asayish”, by cells which the sources of the Syrian Observatory suggested that there are between 4000 to 5000 members in villages, towns, and cities controlled by Syria Democratic Forces, who have infiltrated earlier to these areas and formed sleeper cells, some of which follow the “Islamic State” Organization while others follow or pushed by regional parties, to spread chaos in the area and target the Syria Democratic Forces and their controlled areas, the Syrian Observatory published on the 31st of August 2018 that the information it obtained from several reliable sources, confirming that tens of volunteers east of Euphrates have left the ranks of the forces working in conscription within the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: tens of volunteers in the Self-Defense Forces which consists of forcibly recruited forces, volunteer, and administrators have voided their contracts with these forces, fearing retaliation by the ISIS-affiliated cells, which began with leaflets distributed in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, on the 19th of August 2018 in al-Zerr village east of Deir Ezzor, and the reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the people who volunteered in the self-defense duty and worked on different tasks, with a contract of 23 months and a salary of 115,000 Syrian pounds, in exchange for dismissing some of them at the same time of the self-defense duty, have voided their contracts and stayed in their homes, fearing assassination by the “Islamic State” organization, which threatened the regime and its loyal gunmen and the Syria Democratic Forces, to “take revenge” of them and all who deal with them especially in the oil business, these cells also attempted to expanded the Organization’s controlled areas in its enclave east of Euphrates; by participating in disrupting the ranks of the Syria Democratic Forces through carrying out attacks in conjunction with the Organization’s attacks from its enclave east of Euphrates.

The Syrian Observatory monitored on the 22nd of August of 2018, the “Islamic State” organization carrying out the first revenge operation of the oil in Deir Ezzor Province, within the areas it lost to the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition, where a member of the sleeper cells of the “Islamic State” Organization detonated himself in a booby-trapped motorcycle, targeting a car of one of the people working in the oil field and deals with the Syria Democratic Forces, which killed the suicide bomber and seriously injured the man, the detonation took place in Thiban area on the east banks of Euphrates River near the conjunction leading to al-Omar oilfield, the Syrian Observatory also published on the 21st of August 2018, that the organization is moving through its sleeper cells in cities, towns and villages controlled by the SDF, through leaflets threatening and warning against dealing with the regime or SDF, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 19th of August 2018 that it monitored the “Islamic State” organization distributing paper leaflets and sticking them in al-Zerr village under the control of the Syria Democratic Forces east of Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, the leaflets bear a circulation from the organization in “al-Khair State”, it says:

“” We all know that the oil wells that are under the power of the Caliphate or are in their close proximity are the property of the Islamic State and their incomes go to all Muslims, therefore, those who dare to steal or fight who are in charge of them by force shall be sorry, and they will be dealt with in a powerful and firm manner in accordance with the Sharia of the Lord of the World, and those who were seduced by the devil and become one of the slaves of the atheist Kurds guarding their wells with arms and contributing to the development of their economy; we believe that it is a form of the blasphemy-leading loyalty and we will kill whomever we can of them, so we recommend repentance and return to ALLAH, before the regret becomes useless.”, and this threat came in the wake of the retreats by the “Islamic State” organization in the eastern Euphrates, where the organization only controls an enclave stretching from Hajin to al-Baghuz on the eastern banks of Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, also the organization still remain as sleeper cells in a separate areas in the countryside Deir Ezzor and its Desert west of Euphrates, and from time to time they carry out attacks targeting oil wells, oilfields or residences that are located in the fields, which are controlled by the International Coalition and the Syria Democratic Forces.