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| ISIS launches fiercest attacks during February in Deir ez-zor |
| 2022-02-11 |
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – The Islamic State Organization (ISIS) sleeper cells launched yesterday evening a violent attack against inspection points of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor, east Syria. ISIS sleeper cells targeted SDF military points near the Euphrates River bank in Shabkah neighborhood in central Shuhail with machineguns, a military source of SDF told North Press. During the attack, two SDF fighters were killed and another was wounded, according to the source. The attack between the two parties lasted for about half an hour before the attackers managed to ran. Few hours after the attack, the ISIS claimed, through close outlets, responsibility for the attack. This attack coincided with another that was launched against a military post of the SDF in the village of Jazaret al-Bushams, west of Deir ez-Zor. ISIS sleeper cells targeted the military post on the entrance to the village with grenades and machineguns killing two SDF fighters and wounding two others, a military source of the Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (Asayish) of the village told North Press. ISIS members and the SDF fighters clashed for about two hours reporting two ISIS casualties, the source said. Meanwhile, more than five armed individuals involved in the attack and they ran away and hid in civilians’ houses after two of them were killed. The SDF cordoned off the village and blocked the routes in order to pursue the attackers, the source told North Press. The source described the attack saying it is the fiercest attack during February. Two days ago, ISIS claimed responsibility for attacking an SDF checkpoint in Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor. Those attacks were launched following the ISIS attack on al-Sina’a prison in Hasakah on the 20th of January. Reporting by Omar Alloush |
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