SDF member shot dead by unknown assailants in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor

DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – Unknown persons who were riding a motorbike, shot a member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) dead in the town of Abriha, 35 km east Deir ez-Zor.

“Masked men, who were riding a motorbike, shot Turki al-Mekhlef dead in the town of Abriha, east Deir ez-zor,” a local source told North Press.

Unknown persons have intensified their attacks in the northern and eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, amid intensive security procedures by the SDF.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the killing of members of the SDF, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) employees, and some clan notables in the past period.   

Reporting by Muhammad Ali