Casualties among Iranian-backed militias in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, a member of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) was killed and two others were wounded in an attack targeting their headquarters on the outskirts of the town of al-Hari, east of Abu Kamal, on the Syrian-Iraqi border.
Unidentified gunmen in a four-wheel drive targeted a military point of the PMF on the outskirts of the town of al-Hari, adjacent to the Syrian-Iraqi border, with machine guns and RPGs, a military source in the government forces said.
One member was killed and two others were wounded in the attack, as well as the attackers confiscated the weapons inside the headquarters and set it on fire before fleeing, the source added.
The Syrian Badia region is a source of concern for the Iranian-backed factions and the government forces, where ISIS sleeper cells are witnessing operations that inflicted heavy losses on the forces and factions, despite the intensive security campaigns to comb the Badia.
Yesterday, Three members of Iranian-backed militias were killed east of Deir ez-Zor by members of the same faction to steal weapons, mobile phones, and cash the three men were supposed to deliver to the military sites.
Iranian-backed militias control vast areas of the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor after the defeat of the Islamic State Organization (ISIS) in late 2017.