المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

After assassinations and murders east of Deir Ezzor within the oil revenge and east Euphrates, ISIS cells distribute again leaflets threatening to “Qisas” from oil workers

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory monitored the “Islamic State” organization distributing leaflets inside a village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, as part of movements of these cells in areas controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: members of ISIS cells hanged leaflets in al-Sabha village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, threatening to “Qisas ” of all dealers with Syria Democratic Forces and the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in the oil field, in a renew of threat operations by the organization by the same way in the last 2 weeks, while reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the countryside of Deir Ezzor is witnessing a large presence of former members of the “Islamic State” organization, some of whom claimed that they retired fighting and left the organization, and then returned to deal with the organization as “sleeper cells”.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored during the past days that the “Islamic State” Organization continues through its cells east of Euphrates River carrying out more reprisal operations, “in retaliation for the loss of oil and the east of Euphrates”, where the sources confirmed that the organization and since its distribution of leaflets in cities and towns controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor; has been carrying out sporadic bombings, shootings, and attacks in scattered areas east of Euphrates, like assassination attempts against members of the Syria Democratic Forces and the Self-Defense Forces, and those who cooperate with and deal with the Syria Democratic Forces in the oil trade, where the retaliations were attacks on shops, cafes, cigarette shops, and clothing shops, and the local sources of the Syrian Observatory confirmed that members of the sleeper cells of the Organization are planting the organization’s banners and flags in towns and villages in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, and in order for the banner to be planted for as long as possible with the purpose of “angering the people”, ISIS mines the banners so that the citizens cannot approach them until they are dismantled by Syria Democratic Forces, ISIS also targets by using shoulder-mounted missiles.

These operations comes within the assassinations and assassination attempts carried out by cells believed to belong to the “Islamic State” organization, which announced days ago the beginning of its vendetta east of Euphrates from members of the Syria Democratic Forces and who cooperate with them in the economic and oil levels in particular, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 22nd of this month that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the “Islamic State” organization carried out its first operation of oil avenge, in Deir Ezzor province, within the areas over which it lost its control for the Syria Democratic Forces and the International Coalition, where the SOHR monitored that a member of ISIS sleeper cells blew himself up using a booby trapped motorcycle, targeting a vehicle of a person works in the field of oil, and he is one of those who deal with the SDF, which resulted in the death of the suicide bomber and the injury of the targeted man seriously, and the sources confirmed that the detonation was carried out in Ziban area, at the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, near the junction to Al-Omar Oilfield.

The Syrian Observatory 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 for Human Rights monitored that unidentified gunmen, of the cells of the “Islamic State” organization, sticking leaflets in Al-Busayrah town which is located in the east of the Euphrates River, in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, warning against dealing with “the Nusayry regime and atheist Kurds”, and the circulation which was stuck on walls in Al-Busayrah, warned those who deal with them, that “they will be punished”, and this is the second incident within the organization’s avenge in the east of the Euphrates River, after its control in Deir Ezzor province was confined in an enclave located on the Eastern bank of the Euphrates River, and in scattered enclaves in Deir Ezzor Desert, and the Syrian Observatory published two days ago, 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.

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