The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Family fight | One person killed and others injured in rural Deir Ezzor

SOHR activists have documented the death of a man and the injury of three others due to a family fight among people of Al-Kassar tribe in Al-Takihi village of the SDF-held town of Al-Shuhayl in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor for unknown reasons.

 

On March 3, SOHR sources reported tribal fight in Al-Izbah area in SDF-held areas in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor following disagreement over the investment of an oil well in the region. The clashes resulted in the injury of several gunmen including a commander of “Deir Ezzor Military Council” of the conflicting tribes.

 

While on February 22, SOHR activists reported clashes in the SDF-controlled town of Tel Barrak in Al-Hasakah countryside between gunmen of Al-Kharnoub family and gunmen of Al-Ateyyat family. According to SOHR sources, altercation took place between the two families which evolved later to armed fight, leaving several members of the two families injured, some seriously.

 

Similarly, on February 6, SOHR sources said that five people sustained various injuries in a fight between two families in Tal Azan village of Tel Barrak district in SDF-held areas in Al-Hasakah countryside. The fight flared up after a disagreement between two families of Al-Ali tribe, “Fakhd Al-Swayfat” and “Fakhd Al-Menaykhat”, while tribal dignitaries and elders interfered to defuse the tension in the village.