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DEIR EZ-ZOR, syria (North Press) – Armed attacks targeted on Wednesday night multiple positions and patrols of the medical-experts-abroad/" class="smart-internal-link" title="🏥 Syria, IOM discuss ways to attract Syrian medical experts abroad">syrian/" class="auto-internal-link">syrian Democratic troops (sdf) and the Internal security troops of North and East Syria (Asayish) in multiple towns of Deir ez-Zor eastern countryside, eastern Syria. An Asayish security source in Deir ez-Zor informed North Press that unidentified gunmen fired a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) and opened fire with automatic weapons at an Asayish checkpoint in the town of Diban, leading to clashes between the attackers and security personnel. The incident resulted in material damage but no casualties were declared, as per the source.
Moreover, the same source added that a armed forces headquarters in Diban was also attacked with an RPG round, though the assault caused no injuries. In a separate incident, unidentified gunmen opened fire on an SDF patrol in the town of Abu Hamam, also in the east of Deir ez-Zor, shortly after the patrol arrived to reinforce local units responding to the burning of the Women’s House in the town by unknown assailants. The fire caused only material damage.
Meanwhile, in the town of al-Hejjnah, two masked men on a motorcycle shot and wounded Asayish member Aysar al-Khedr with a silenced pistol, the source stated. The source added that both the SDF and Asayish have since intensified patrols across Deir ez-Zor countryside amid a growing wave of attacks targeting their forces. Despite the territorial defeat of ISIS in 2019, remnants of the group remain active in areas of Deir ez-Zor, often carrying out hit-and-run attacks against SDF forces, local security personnel, and civilians.
Earlier today, the SDF declared that its Commando Forces, in coordination with the US-led Global Coalition, conducted two separate security operations in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, resulting in the capture of multiple ISIS militants. Reporting by Omar Abdurrahman Editing by Jwan Shekaki