Man killed by unknown persons in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – On Tuesday, a man was shot to death by unknown persons in a van in the town of Busayrah, east of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A military source told North Press that three masked people travelling in a van shot Barakat al-Nayef, from the town of Busayrah, as he left his home.
In recent months, the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor has witnessed an increase in the activity of Islamic State (ISIS) sleeper cells, leading the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the US-led Global Coalition to intensify their security operations.
The SDF arrested an ISIS leader in the town of Hawaij, east of Deir ez-Zor, on Monday. The leader Abdulrahman Hamid Khayer was the Emir of VBIED and IED manufacture during ISIS ruling period in Deir ez-Zor, a military source told North Press.
The head of the local council in the town of al-Kibar, 45 km west of Deir ez-Zor, also died on Tuesday as a result of an IED explosion. A field source told North Press that Muhammad al-Najm died after an IED planted in his car by unknown individuals exploded.
Ghassan al-Youssef, co-chair of the Deir ez-Zor Civil Council, told North Press in previous statement that groups linked to the Islamic State (ISIS), the Syrian regime, and Iranian militias are behind terrorist acts that target tribal and community leaders in addition to SDF fighters and elements of the SDF-linked security forces.