The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Deir Ezzor | Syrian member of Iranian “Revolutionary Guards” dies in Al-Mayadin desert

Deir Ezzor province: SOHR activists have documented the death of a Syrian member of the Iranian “Revolutionary Guards”, where unidentified gunmen likely to be ISIS members shot him in Al-Mayadin desert in eastern Deir Ezzor countryside.

 

According to reliable SOHR sources, the victim is from Hatla town, and he worked first with SDF then fled to areas held by Iranian militias after he was pursued for charges pressed against him, and he worked for Iranian militias after reaching their areas.

 

According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2022 has increased to 331; and they are as follows:

• 145 ISIS members were killed in Russian airstrikes on ISIS hideouts in the deserts of Homs, Al-Suwaidaa, Hama, Al-Raqqah, Deir Ezzor and Aleppo.

• 186 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 13 Iranian-backed Syrian and non-Syrian militiamen, were killed in 73 operations by ISIS members, including ambushes, armed attacks and explosions, in west Euphrates region and the deserts of Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah, Homs, Al-Suwaidaa, Hama and Aleppo.

• A civilian was killed in an attack by ISIS in the Syrian desert.