Security chaos in SDF-held areas | Unidentified gunmen assassinate young man in eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor

Deir ez-Zor province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:

SOHR sources say that unidentified gunmen opened fire on a young man on the outskirts of al-Hawaij village in Deir ez-Zor countryside, killing him instantly.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had deployed in and around the village, after hours of protests in which the demonstrators blocked the roads, setting rubber tires on fire.

The number of fighters, civilians, oil workers and officials in service agencies who were assassinated in four provinces: Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa and Al-Hasakah, in addition to Manbij area in northeastern Aleppo province, which is controlled by SDF, has increased to 554 persons.

The Syrian Observatory has documented the assassination of 189 civilians by armed cells, including 14 children and eight women in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, Al-Hasakah countryside, Raqqa city and countryside and Manbij, in addition to the assassination of 361 fighters of SDF, including local leaders in the same areas, while four members of the International Coalition were killed, dozens of wounded were also reported by SOHR as a result of those assassinations.