Inter-clan fighting leave casualties east Syria’s Deir ez-Zor

DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – On Friday, an inter-clan fighting erupted in the village of al-Taigahi of the town of al-Shuhail, 40 km east Deir ez-Zor, casualties reported.

“The inter-clan fighting erupted among the cousins of the al-Kassar clan, where the two parties used machine guns,” a local source told North Press.

“The fighting led to the killing of a person and the injury of three others who were hospitalized to al-Shuhail,” the source added.

The source pointed out that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) interfered and resolved the dispute.

On March 18, a person was killed due to an inter-clan fighting in al-Sousah town, 120 km east Deir ez-Zor.

On February 26, a number of clans’ notables and sheikhs held a reconciliation between two clans in the town of Garanij, east Deir ez-Zor.

The inter-clan fighting in Deir ez-Zor has been erupted more than once during the last months which left several casualties. 

Reporting by Jassem Ali