The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Deir Ezzor | SDF open fire on a smuggler in Al-Shuhayl, while indiscriminate gunshots hit houses injuring civilian

SDF fighters stationed in Al-Shabakah neighbourhood in Al-Shuhayl town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, opened fire on a smuggler on the bank of the Euphrates river while attempting to smuggling several people via the river. The indiscriminate gunshots hit civilian houses in the neighbourhood where a civilian was injured.

 

On July 24, Syria Democratic Forces installed observation outposts near river crossings between the two banks of the Euphrates River. It is not known yet if these posts were installed in this area to prevent the smuggling operations from Al-Shuhayl town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor to the regime-controlled town of Baqrus, or they had other tasks.