Deir ez-Zor | Woman killed in shootout between SDF and unidentified gunmen, and SDF military reinforcement head to protest areas east of the city

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

SOHR sources say that a woman was killed in a shootout between members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and unidentified gunmen in the village of Al-Hawaij in eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour.

The Syrian Observatory has monitored military reinforcement of the SDF, heading from several areas to towns and villages where violence and protests are taking place.

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 555 persons.

The Syrian Observatory has documented the assassination of 190 civilians by armed cells, including 14 children and nine 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.