Government sends military reinforcements to Syria’s Deir ez-Zor

DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – The Fourth Division of the Syrian government forces sent on Saturday military reinforcements to its military posts in the town of Abu Kamal in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.

A military source from the government forces told North Press that the Fourth Division transferred ammunition and more than 200 soldiers from Homs, central Syria, to the town of Abu Kamal. The military reinforcements were deployed in three headquarters that were newly established in Abu Kamal neighborhoods.

Residents are concerned that more taxes will be imposed on them, as groups of the National Defense Forces of the government forces have already imposing taxes continually, according to the source.

By Omar Abdurrahman