The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Unidentified gunmen target members of the SDF by machineguns in Deir Ezzor countryside and injure 3 of them with varying severity

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 2 unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire of a machinegun on a group of members of the Syria Democratic Forces in Darnaj village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, which injured 3 members of them, and this incident comes in the frame of the ongoing security chaos within the SDF-held areas east of Deir Ezzor, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 11th of August 2019, that in the wake of the continuous targeting to members of the Syria Democratic Forces within their controlled areas east of the Euphrates, unidentified gunmen opened fire of their machineguns on one of the SDF military checkpoints at the outskirts of al-Suwar town in Deir Ezzor countryside, and in connection to this, 2 explosions were heard today evening in al-Suwar town as 2 mortar shells whose source is unknown fell on the town.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 10th of August 2019, that it monitored an explosion in al-Busayrah city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, it was caused by a booby-trapped motorcycle parked near the bridge of al-Busayrah city, it exploded when a car of the Syria Democratic Forces passed near it, but no information about casualties yet, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 8th of August 2019 the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that unidentified gunmen assassinated 3 members of the Syria Democratic Forces, in the towns of Hawayij, Theban and Al-Tayyanah in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor after targeting them by machineguns, and in the same context, an explosion was heard in the east of Deir Ezzor, it turned out to be caused by and IED that exploded in a military vehicle of the SDF which resulted in the death of one member and the injury of another one, and with the fall of more casualties, it rose to 351 fighters, civilians, oil workers, and officials in service parties, the number of people killed in areas within the 4 provinces of Aleppo, Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah and Al-Hasakah, in addition to Manbij area in the northeast of Aleppo Province, which is controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces, where the Syrian Observatory monitored these cells assassinating 95 civilians including 5 children and 4 women in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, al-Hasakah countryside, al-Raqqah city and countryside, and Manbij area, in addition to the assassination of 252 fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces including local leaders in the same areas, and 4 members of International Coalition were killed, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Human documented tens of injuries due to these assassinations.

While the SOHR monitored on the 7th of August 2019, the explosion of an IED in a car of the head of the Civil Council in al-Shuhayl town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, which caused material damage but no information about casualties yet, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 6th of August 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle, have assassinated 2 members of the Syria Democratic Forces in Swidan Jazira village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, after shooting them by machineguns, and in the same context, a violent explosion was heard today evening in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, it turned out to be caused by an IED that exploded while a Hummer vehicle of the SDF was passing by in Al-Shuhayl town east of Deir Ezzor, which destroyed it and killed 2 members of the SDF, And the SOHR published on the 3rd of August 2019, that unidentified gunmen riding 4 motorcycles opened fire on a military outpost of the Syria Democratic Forces in Al-Shuhayl town east of Deir Ezzor, without information about casualties.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 27th of July 2019, that 2 gunmen on a bike attacked a vehicle affiliated to the Syria Democratic Forces in Al-Shuhayl town east of Deir Ezzor, where the attackers threw sonic bombs after they had opened fire of their machineguns on the vehicle, then they escaped to unknown destination, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored today, Friday, a new assassination of a prominent leader east Euphrates, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: unidentified gunmen believed to be of ISIS cells assassinated at dawn of today, Friday, Yasser al-Dahla, the former commander in the Syria Democratic Forces in addition to al-Nukhba Forces of Ahmad al-Jarba, in a machinegun attack on the road of Deir Ezzor – al-Hasaka, others were injured, and there are two missing persons so far.