The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Over priority to get ice blocks | NDF members engage in hand-to-hand fight against Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Brigade in al-Mayadeen

Deir Ezzor province: SOHR activists have reported that hand-to-hand fight erupted between a group of the national Defence Forces (NDF) and local militiamen affiliated to the IRGC-backed Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas and evolved later to firing bullets in the air, as the conflicting members were awaiting in a queue in front of a plant in al-Mayadeen city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor for getting ice blocks. The infighting left members of both sides injured and caused material damage to the plant, which prevented the residents who had to wait in the queue for long hours from getting ice blocks. It is worth noting that the region’s residents are forced to buy ice blocks to face the current high temperature and power outages at a time when the price of an ice block approximates 5,000 SYL.