{"id":127698,"date":"2025-07-27T10:45:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=127698"},"modified":"2025-07-27T10:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:45:55","slug":"unidentified-gunmen-target-sdf-positions-in-deir-ez-zor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/127698\/","title":{"rendered":"Unidentified gunmen target SDF positions in Deir ez-Zor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>Unidentified gunmen launched on Sunday a series of attacks on Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) patrols, outposts, and personnel in the Deir ez-Zor countryside in eastern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A military source from the SDF told North Press that gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on an SDF military vehicle near the town of al-Suwar in the northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor. 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