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Badia: ISIS Retaliates After Leader Killed

Several members of the SDF were killed in two separate attacks by ISIS fighters in northwestern Raqqa governorate, according to al-Modon.
Badia: ISIS Retaliates After Leader Killed

A member of the border guard force loyal to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) looks from a position in the countryside near Syria's town of al-Hol in the northeastern Hasakah province at ongoing construction work on a concrete border fence being erected on the Iraqi side, on March 29, 2022. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)

On Tuesday, several members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed in two separate attacks by ISIS fighters in northwestern Raqqa governorate, in eastern Syria.

Local sources told Al-Modon that ISIS gunmen attacked a military vehicle belonging to SDF on the Kabash town road northwest of Raqqa. They added that six SDF members were killed and wounded in the attack.

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According to an ISIS spokesman, the attack responded to the February 2022 killing of al-Qaeda leader Sheikh Abi Ibrahim al-Qurashi and his spokesman, Abu Hamza al-Qurashi, in an international coalition’s base in the town of Atma, north of Idleb.

Local sources told Al-Modon that two more SDF members were killed by an explosive attack targeting a military vehicle near the village of al-Hariji , in the north of Deir-ez-Zor governorate.

For its part, the agency Amaq, ISIS’ media department, announced that ISIS had organized these successive operations against SDF in its areas of control. ISIS also claimed responsibility for the attack that targeted SDF near the base of the Omar oil field, in the east of Deir-ez-Zor.

 

This article was translated and edited by The Syrian Observer. The Syrian Observer has not verified the content of this story. Responsibility for the information and views set out in this article lies entirely with the author.

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