Assailants attack Iranian-backed militia post in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, four militants from the Iranian-backed Hashemiyoun militia sustained injuries in an armed attack against their headquarters in the city of Abu Kamal, east of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A military source of the militia in Abu Kamal said that unidentified assailants targeted with machineguns the headquarters of the Rapid Support forces of the Iranian-backed Hashemiyoun militia on the outskirts of the Abu Kamal desert in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
The source told North Press that the attack resulted in “critical” injuries in four members of the militia. They were taken to hospital inside Iraqi territories.
The attack lasted over half an hour and “if support had not come to the militants in the headquarters, the attackers would have fully controlled it due to using up the ammunition,” according to the source.
Iranian-backed militias and Syrian government forces control large swathes of the Syrian Desert and the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, where the Islamic State (ISIS) is active.
The Iranian-backed Liwa Fatemiyoun, Hashemiyoun, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militias seized over 200 houses in Abu Kamal and its countryside since the beginning of 2023, particularly in al-Sukariya, and villages of al-Salihiyah and al-Hamdan, according to activists.