Islamic State gunmen assassinate civilian in Deir ez-Zor countryside

Body of a civilian was found in the town of Al-Sousse in Deir ez-Zor countryside. The victim was shot in the head. No further details have been reported.

In the meantime, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for his death, accusing him of “dealing with SDF.”

The number of fighters, civilians, oil workers and civil servants assassinated in Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa and Al-Hasakah provinces and SDF-controlled Manbij area in northeastern Aleppo province has increased to 625 persons.

The Syrian Observatory has documented the assassination of 221 civilians by armed cells, including 17 children and 11 women in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, Al-Hasakah countryside, Raqqa city and countryside and Manbij, in addition to the assassination of 401 fighters of SDF, including local leaders in the same areas, while four members of the International Coalition were killed, dozens of wounded were also reported by SOHR as a result of those assassinations.

Source: SOHR