Gunmen kill civilian, military personnel in Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – Unidentified gunmen killed on Saturday night a military personnel and a civilian in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A military source said that gunmen on a motorcycle abducted Ali al-Hussein, a recent recruit to the Syrian Ministry of Defense of the Syrian transitional government, before killing him hours later and dumping his body along the road to the desert of al-Zibari.
Al-Hussein, a native of al-Jarzi town in the east of Deir ez-Zor, was on leave at the time.
In a separate incident, two masked gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Marwan al-Atwan outside his home in the town of Diban, using a silenced pistol.
According to the source, al-Atwan had no affiliation with any political or military group.