Leader in Iran-backed militia found dead in Syrian Desert
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – Residents of a town in eastern Homs, central Syria, found on Sunday the body of a leader in an Iran-backed militia killed by gunfire.
A source from the Iran-backed Liwa Zainebiyoun militia said that shepherds from the town of al-Sukhna, eastern Homs, found the body of Muntasir al-Daham, 39, a leader in the militia, with bound hands and gunshots to his head.
“Al-Daham is the commander of the special tasks group in the Zainebiyoun, and he is an Iraqi national,” the source added.
The pro-Iranian factions and Syrian government forces control vast areas of the Syrian Desert and eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside, which continue to witness increasing activity by the Islamic State (ISIS).
Contact was lost with al-Daham eight days ago, after he left an outpost in Palmyra, in central Homs Governorate, heading to al-Sukhna, according to the source.
No party has claimed responsibility for the incident so far.