The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Security chaos in SDF-held areas | Unidentified gunmen assassinate civilians in Deir Ezzor countryside

Deir Ezzor province: SOHR activists have reported that unidentified gunmen on motorbikes have targeted a car carrying two civilians on the public road in the center of Hawayej Bu Ma’sa town western of Deir Ezzor, causing their death.

This came in light of the escalating security chaos in SDF-held areas.

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

The Syrian Observatory documented the assassination of 297 civilians including 18 children and 15 women by armed cells in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, al-Hasakah countryside, al-Raqqah city and countryside, and Manbij area. In addition, 511 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