Government casualties, wounded reported in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – One government member was killed and three others were wounded, on Tuesday, in an armed attack by unidentified gunmen in a town east of Deir ez-Zor, east Syria.
Unidentified gunmen, who were riding a motorbike, shot dead the 31-year-old Maher al-Sayed, a member of the government’s 4th Armored Division, Kayin al-Sultan, a resident of the Tayyana village, 50 kilometers east of Deir ez-Zor, said.
Also, three others were injured during the assault while walking with al-Sayed on the al-Quriyah town highway, 45 Kilometer east of Deir ez-Zor.
Among the injured, Jassas al-Sayel, one of the ammunition officials in the 4th Armored Division, was transported to the military hospital in Deir ez-Zor because he was in a critical condition, as he was hit with four bullets, al-Sultan said citing a doctor in the hospital.
Both al-Sayed and al-Sayel, who hailed from Tayyana, had worked with the government forces for more than three years.
The Syrian desert and areas in the Deir ez-Zor eastern countryside are posing an ongoing concern for the Iranian-backed militias and the government forces as they repeatedly incur heavy losses due to the Islamic State Organization (ISIS) sleeper cells operations, despite launching large-scale security campaigns to comb the area.
On Sunday, a member of the Iranian-backed Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas was shot dead by members of the same militia following a brawl that evolved into a shooting in al-Mayadin, a town in Deir ez-Zor eastern countryside.
Also, last week, more than nine members of the Iranian-backed militia were killed and wounded in an armed attack in Palmyra desert, east Syria.