ISIS claims responsibility for killing SDF fighter in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – TheIslamic State (ISIS) claimed on Saturday responsibility for targeting a fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria.
ISIS-run Amaq News Agency published a statement saying, “Gunmen from the organization shot dead Yassin al-Nasser, an SDF fighter, with a silencer pistol, near the main road in the town of al-Suwar, north of Deir ez-Zor.”
The statement pointed out that the ISIS gunmen targeted al-Nasser for being a member of the SDF.
The countryside of Deir ez-Zor witnesses an increase in cases of assassination, targeting members of the SDF, employees of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), tribal leaders and civilians, despite the intensive security operations launched by the SDF.
The AANES was first formed in 2014 in the Kurdish-majority regions of Afrin, Kobani and Jazira in northern Syria following the withdrawal of the government forces. Later, it was expanded to Manbij, Tabqa, Raqqa, Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor after the SDF defeated ISIS militarily there.
On the same day, ISIS claimed responsibility for 23 attacks in different countries; three of them were carried out in Syria, two were in Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria, and the third was in Deir ez-Zor.