IRGC reinforces posts in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reinforced its headquarters and established new ones in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria.
This came following recent and ongoing attacks by unknown gunmen on the IRGC’s headquarters and affiliated militias, with accusations pointing towards the Islamic State (ISIS).
The IRGC established three new headquarters and protection posts today in Abu Kamal area and two posts on the Syrian-Iraqi border, a militant of the IRGC in Deir ez-Zor said on Friday.
The IRGC established two headquarters and five posts two days ago on the outskirts of al-Mayadin and its countryside in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, equipped with surveillance cameras, the unnamed militant added.
He emphasized that the IRGC strengthened its posts with militants of foreign nationalities and advanced weapons, and created fortifications and trenches for the headquarters and posts.
This operation was to reinforce and support the bases after several attacks on the headquarters by gunmen believed to be affiliated with ISIS, resulting in significant human and material losses of the IRGC.
On the context of events ongoing in Deir ez-Zor, two soldiers of the Syrian government forces were killed in the past 24 hours in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
A soldier of the government forces in Deir ez-Zor said unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle targeted Hassan Badr, 32, a member of the Military Security Branch working in the Archive and Military Records Department, with silenced pistol shots as he left his workplace on the main road in the town of Shumaytiyah, west of Deir ez-Zor.
In the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, and after Friday Prayers, unidentified armed individuals attacked a Military Security patrol near al-Arba’in Street in the city center of al-Mayadin, resulting in the killing of the soldier Ali al-Sarah, 30, and causing material damage to the patrol’s vehicles, meanwhile the attackers fled the city.