SDF fighter killed in armed attack east of Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – A fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was shot dead on Saturday by unidentified attackers, believed to be cells of the Islamic State (ISIS), in a town north of Deir ez-Zor city, eastern Syria.
An SDF military source in the town of al-Suwar, 70 km north of Deir ez-Zor, said, “Two unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire with a Kalashnikov at 45-year-old SDF fighter Yassin al-Nassir, nicknamed Abu Shaman, near the main road in al-Suwar.”
“Al-Nassir was heading to his home to spend his furlough. He hailed form the village of Jadid Ekedat in Deir ez-Zor eastern countryside,” the source added.
The source cited eyewitnesses, who were close to the attack scene, as saying that the gunmen chanted ISIS slogans before fleeing.
The countryside of Deir ez-Zor witnesses a spike in assassinations, targeting SDF fighters, employees of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), tribal leaders and civilians, despite the intensive security operations launched by the SDF.
On August 23, ISIS claimed responsibility for killing two SDF fighters in the village of al-Saada, east of the town of Markadah in Hasakah southern countryside, around 30 km north of al-Suwar.