The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Alert at al-Mayadin city and tens of IS members spread in area in the city armed with weapons

Deir Ezzor Province:

The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights were informed that the city of al-Mayadin at the east of Deir Ezzor province had witnessed this afternoon an alert by members of the “Islamic state” where Dozens of members armed with light and medium weapons and RPG launchers, spread from Jerdaq area to al-Sa’eid hospital at the city market, and members of the organization closed the entrances to al-Mayadin market, and prevented citizens from accessing the area, they also evacuated the streets in the area, and they prevented the shopkeepers from getting out of their shops, and this alert continued for about half an hour before the situation return to normal, and this alert coincided with the organization surrounding al-Sekkariyyeh village near the town of al-Bokamal east of Deir Ezzor, they also prevented citizens from entering or leaving the village, the activists of the Observatory were unable to determine the causes of the alert in the city or why did they surrounded the village.