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Protests Continue in Eastern Deir-ez-Zor Against Arrests

Protests against the arrests carried out by the SDF continued in al-Busayrah in the eastern Deir-ez-Zor countryside for the second day, Baladi News writes.
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Protests Continue in Eastern Deir-ez-Zor Against Arrests

Protests against the arrests carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued in al-Busayrah in the eastern Deir-ez-Zor countryside.

On Tuesday, local pages posted pictures and videos of burning tires blocking the road to Busayrah city.

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According to the sources, the families of the detainees in Busayrah city blocked the main roads as a kind of protest against the arrest campaigns. 

In the past few hours, SDF has raided several houses of people working in river-smuggling in Busayrah. 

The raids targeted the house of Hussein Sheikh al-Jamil, however, they did not find him in the house. They resumed the raid after several hours and arrested his son, Ibrahim. 

In related news, the town of al-Jurdi al-Gharbi, east of Deir-ez-Zor, witnessed similar protests condemning the shooting of the young man, Mudhi al-Kahish, by SDF soldiers.

 

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