The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a new attack carried out by the “Islamic State” Organization, targeting positions of the regime forces and their loyal militias in the Syrian desert, where clashes took place between both parties in al-Qorya desert, accompanied by exchange of shelling and targeting, also the eastern and southeastern desert of Homs witnessed clashes during the past 48 hours attacks by members of the Organization, and the Syrian Observatory documented casualties against the clashes in the deserts of Deir Ezzor and Homs, where 11 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them were killed, and 7 members of the Organization were also killing, thus, increasing the death toll of casualties since March 2019, where the Syrian Observatory documented during the period between the 24th of March 2019 until the 10th of June 2019 the death of at least 134 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, including at least 2 Russians, in addition to 9 of the Iranian militias of non-Syrian nationalities, were all killed during attacks, bombings and ambushes by the “Islamic State” organization west of Euphrates in the deserts of Deir Ezzor, Homs, and Al-Suwaidaa, also the Syrian Observatory documented the killing of 47 members of the “Islamic State” Organization, of who were killed during the same period during attacks, shelling, and targeting.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 8th of June 2019 that the Syrian Desert continues to swallow members of the regime forces and their loyal gunmen who were going to support other members against the “Islamic State” organization, which continues to operate intensively in the area, where the Syrian Observatory learned that 8 members of the NDF militia loyal to the regime forces who are from al-Boleel town and al-Toub village the contact with them was lost several days ago; while they were heading to al-Fayda area south of Deir Ezzor city to take part in repelling the organization’s attack on regime’s positions in the area, where they believed to have been ambushed by the “Islamic State” Organization, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 3rd of June 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that a group of members of the regime forces were killed by the “Islamic State” organization in the Syrian Desert, and in details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: a colonel of the regime forces was killed with 11 members while they were heading to support another group in al-Resafa Desert, where the Organization was able to ambush and kill them