Security vacuum in SDF-held areas | Unknown gunmen assassinate SDF fighter in eastern Deir Ezzor

Deir Ezzor province: Reliable sources have told SOHR that gunmen believed to be of ISIS cells have shot an SDF fighter dead, with an individual weapon, in al-Tayyanah town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. It is worth noting that the assassinated fighter was from al-Jerthi village in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor countryside.

 

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 774 fighters, civilians, oil workers, and officials in service parties.

 

The Syrian Observatory documented the assassination of 272 civilians including 17 children and 11 women by armed cells in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, al-Hasakah countryside, al-Raqqah city and countryside, and Manbij area. In addition, 498 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.