Security vacuum in SDF-held areas | Unknown gunmen assassinate top security official of Hajin area and in charge of “Deir Ezzor Civil Council”

Deir Ezzor Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have documented the death of a top security official(one of Kawader), who is responsible for the security situation in Hajin and in charge of “Deir Ezzor Civil Council”, after unknown gunmen opened fire on his car which had broken down, near Al-Ruwayshid area on the road to Al-Kherafi between Deir Ezzor and Al-Hasakah.

 

It is worth noting that “Kawader” are officials supervising civil, security and military institutions in areas under the control of the “Autonomous Administration”.

 

As more fatalities are recorded and updated regularly, 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 rose to 728 fighters, civilians, oil workers, and officials in service parties.

 

The Syrian Observatory documented the assassination of 256 civilians including 18 children and 14 women by armed cells in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, al-Hasakah countryside, al-Raqqah city and countryside, and Manbij area. In addition, 463 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.