ISIS resurgence | Unidentified gunmen target commander of Asayish Forces in Deir Ezzor

Deir Ezzor province: SOHR activists have reported that unidentified gunmen on a motorbike shot a commander of the Internal Security Forces “Asayish” near Jazra Al-Milaj police station in west Deir Ezzor countryside, injuring him severely, and he was transported to a hospital in Al-Raqqah.

On May 18, SOHR activists reported that unidentified gunmen fired RPG shells and machineguns on an SDF military checkpoint in the water station of Al-Zerr town in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside, where SOHR sources confirmed that the gunmen are ISIS members, as clashes erupted between both sides with machineguns. However, no casualties were reported.