The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Following blocking SDF patrol | Man ki*lled in indiscriminate gunfire by SDF in Deir Ezzor countryside

Deir Ezzor province: SOHR sources have reported that members of a patrol of the 1st Brigade of Syria Democratic Forces stormed a mobile phone store in Shenan village in Deir Ezzor countryside, arresting a man working in smuggling diesel to regime-controlled areas. Meanwhile, residents and relatives of the arrested man blocked the SDF patrol, before members of the patrol open fire indiscriminately in order to disperse the residents, killing a man.

 

On December 14, SOHR sources reported that a woman was shot dead by a stray bullet due to infighting between two families of Al-Moshahda tribe for an old vendetta, in Al-Sabha town in eastern Deir Ezzor countryside within SDF-held areas.

 

This came in light of security chaos, spread of weapons and lack of laws prohibiting usage of weapons.

 

On December 10, family fighting had broken out between the cousins of Al-Khudair Al-Kabeel and Al-Shalal families over a dispute between them in Al-Sour city, north of Deir Ezzor. The dispute developed into armed clashes and left one child injured. The child had been moved to the hospital for treatment.

 

This came in light of rampant chaos, arms proliferation and the failure to enact deterrent laws banning arms use.

 

On December 9, SOHR sources reported the injury of a young man due to violent clashes with heavy and light weapons over an earlier retaliation among cousins from Al-She’ayta tribe in Al-Muhaymidah neighbourhood in Al-Keshkiyyah town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. Meanwhile, sources reported that ambulances headed to the neighbourhood, amid appeals to tribal dignitaries to intervene to solve the dispute.