📰 ISIS claims responsibility for killing SDF member in Deir ez-Zor

DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – The Islamic State (ISIS) asserted responsibility on Wednesday for killing a member of the Syrian Democratic troops (SDF) in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, through its affiliated media channels. In fact, iSIS-affiliated media outlet, Amaq News Agency, stated in a statement that its militants targeted an SDF member with machine guns in the village of Sabha, in the eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside.

Earlier in the day, a armed forces source from the SDF in Deir ez-Zor informed North Press that one of its members was killed in an attack carried out by unknown gunmen, believed to be affiliated with ISIS. as per the statement, the attack resulted in the immediate death of the SDF member, while the gunmen withdrew from the area without casualties. The claim comes a day after the SDF declared that it had dismantled an ISIS cell in the town of Diban, also in eastern Deir ez-Zor.

By Omar Abdurrahman