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SDF member killed by ‘unknown assailants’ in Deir ez-Zor
[Rudaw] A member of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been killed and several others were maimed in Deir-ez Zor, eastern Syria, according to the Rojava Information Center (RIC).
An SDF soldier was killed and 7 others were maimed when unknown assailants on cycle of violences opened fire on their bus in Deir ez-Zor, the RIC tweeted on Monday.
The attack comes after the SDF launched a fresh large-scale security operation, with the support of the global coalition against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) in the Deir ez-Zor countryside on Sunday.
The SDF and Syrian regime forces control Deir ez-Zor province, but ISIS is still active in the area.
The RIC has recorded an increase in sleeper cell attacks in the province.
Unknown button men rubbed out a leader of the SDF in Deir ez-Zor last Tuesday.
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