Armed attack kills SDF fighter, wounds another in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – A fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was killed on Sunday and another was injured in an armed attack on a military vehicle in Deir ez-Zor northern countryside, eastern Syria.
A military source of the SDF said an attack targeted with machine guns a military vehicle of the SDF near the entrance of the town of al-Suwar in the north of Deir ez-Zor.
The attack resulted in the killing of an SDF fighter and the injury of another who was taken to a field hospital in the town for treatment. The source said, “he is in a good condition.”
Patrols of the SDF surrounded the scene to pursue the attackers and investigate into the attack, he noted.
On Aug. 14, an SDF fighter was killed by armed attackers in the town of Shuhail in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
ISIS has recently stepped up attacks against SDF outposts in spite of the repeated anti-ISIS campaigns launched by the SDF with the support of the US-led Global Coalition.