[NPASyria] One person was killed and another was injured, on Wednesday, while two others survived by two targets carried out by unknown button men riding cycle of violences, in the town of al-Basira in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria.Rashid al-Salama, a resident of al-Basira, said that unknown button men riding a cycle of violence targeted with Kalashnikov bullets the young man Mohammed al-Sarheed, 34, and another person of his relatives, near their house in al-Basira.
Al-Salama told North Press that the targeting resulted in the killing of al-Sarheed and the injury of his relative, who was transferred to a field hospital in the town.
Al-Sarheed is a civilian and does not belong to any political or military party, and he has no issues of Dire Revenge or tribal disputes, but his father was killed two months ago by unknown button men, after which Islamic State
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(ISIS) grabbed credit for killing the father on the pretext of dealing with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
In another incident, the same source said that Mohammed al-Atwan and another person who was with him survived an liquidation attempt, where unknown button men riding a cycle of violence attacked them, near al-Yasat neighborhood on the outskirts of al-Basira.
Al-Atwan and the person with him managed to get away from the button men and hide in one of the nearby houses, He added.
The Syrian Desert covers nearly half of the area of Syria and is distributed over the governorates of Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Rif Dimashq, Suwayda, and Palmyra.
The Iranian-backed militias and Syrian government forces control large areas of the Syrian Desert and the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, which constitutes a source of concern as it witnesses intensive operations by the ISIS sleeper cells.
Former militant of Iran-backed militia killed in Deir ez-Zor
[NPASyria] A former bad boy of an Iran-backed militia was killed on Wednesday by unidentified button men in a village in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A local source from al- Kishmah, a village in eastern Deir ez-Zor controlled by Syrian government forces, said that unidentified button men riding a cycle of violence rubbed out Ali al-Shareef, 31.
The source reported that Ali al-Shareef was an ex-militant in a pro-Iranian militia, and that he was targeted on the highway in al-Kishmah.
On Tuesday, residents of al-Mayadin city, about 45 km southeast of Deir ez-Zor city, found the bodies of two holy warriors of Iran-backed Liwa Zainebiyoun militia killed by gunshots after having been reported missing for days, according to the same source.
Gunman killed in attack against government forces in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
[NPASyria] An unidentified assailant was killed on Wednesday at dawn after he attacked a military post of the Syrian government forces in the town of Abu Kamal in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria. A military source within the government forces said that unidentified button men riding a cycle of violence targeted with machine guns the post of the Military Security forces at the entrance of Abu Kamal.
Following the attack, a clash between the two parties erupted, killing one of the attackers, a man in his thirties, whereas the other managed to flee, the source told North Press.
The Military Security forces were on high alert and maximum security status because the post was targeted in a similar attack two days earlier, killing a guard and injuring another, he noted.
The town’s people did not identify the attacker who was killed in the clash as he did not carry any identification papers, according to the source.