Unknown assailants set SDF vehicle on fire east of Deir Ezzor

Unknown gunmen set fire to a military vehicle affiliated to SDF intelligence, near the bridge of Al-Takihi village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. The attack left material damage but no casualties have been reported.

On March 12, SOHR sources reported that an IED exploded while a military vehicle of Syria Democratic Forces was passing by, in al-Shafa town in rural Deir Ezzor. According to Observatory sources‎, the explosive device was in the possession of a person from al-Shafa town,‎ which caused his immediate death while two others sustained injuries.

As more people were killed, it rose to 457 fighters, civilians, oil workers, and officials in service parties, the number of people who were killed in areas within the four provinces of Aleppo, Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah and Al-Hasakah, in addition to the SDF-held area of Manbij in the north-east of Aleppo.

Syrian Observatory documented the assassination of 148 civilians including eight children and five women by armed cells in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, al-Hasakah countryside, al-Raqqah city and countryside, and Manbij area. In addition, 303 SDF fighters, including local leaders, were assassinated in the same areas.

Also four members of International Coalition were killed. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Human also documented tens of injuries due to these assassinations.