Iranian-backed militants killed in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – Three members of Iranian-backed militias were killed by members of the same faction on Saturday east of Deir ez-Zor, east Syria.
A member of Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Brigade killed three of his colleagues using a Kalashnikov gun in the outskirts of the al-Qoriya when the three men went out to deliver logistic supplies to the military sites, a military source of the Iranian-backed Quds Forces in al-Qoriya town, 50 km east of Deir ez-Zor, said.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the attacker killed the three men in order to steal weapons, mobile phones, and cash the three men were supposed to deliver to the military sites.
The killer, who hails from al-Sakhnah town, joined the faction only four months ago, the source said.
The Iranian-backed factions blocked the entrance and exit of the al-Qoriya and the towns nearby in order to catch the killer, the source said.
Days ago, two Syrian government soldiers went missing as they left their checkpoint and then to be found, on Friday, one killed and the other injured in the town of Se’alow in the east countryside of Deir ez-Zor.