ISIS claims launching 3 attacks against SDF in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – Media outlets linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) said on Monday the group launched three attacks against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
The ISIS-run Amaq News Agency said in a statement ISIS militants targeted an SDF post in the village of Tawamiya in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
According to the statement, the attack resulted in the killing of one SDF fighter.
In another statement, the Agency reported that ISIS militants targeted a military vehicle of the SDF near a bridge in the town of Diban, which led to the injury of one SDF fighter.
In a third statement, the Agency claimed that the group’s militants attacked with machine guns an SDF military vehicle near the village of Sa’wa in al-Kasrah district in the northwest of Deir ez-Zor, resulting in the killing of one SDF fighter and the injury of others.
Local sources in those areas did confirm the occurrence of the three attacks but denied the killing of SDF fighters.
The SDF has not commented on these incidents yet.