The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the end of basic military operations in Deir ez-Zor, and the transition to limited security operations, following an agreement with tribal elders to enter their areas without fighting.
The SDF media center said that the “security enhancement” operation, which was launched on August 27, against “ISIS” cells, “drug traffickers,” and “criminal elements wanted for justice,” has ended and work has now begun within the scope of “Limited security operations.”
He added in a statement that the clashes led to the killing of 25 members of the SDF and 29 militants, in addition to 9 civilians who were killed “by gunmen who used heavy weapons in the confrontations.” He also confirmed the arrest of two members of ISIS and 4 members of the National Defense Militia, affiliated with the forces. Syrian regime.
In its statement, the SDF accused “some forces,” led by the Syrian regime and Turkey, of “trying to create strife” between them and the people of Deir ez-Zor. It also confirmed that it was fighting members of the regime forces who infiltrated from the west of the Euphrates, before they joined militants in the region and fought together under It’s called the “Clan Army.”
She claimed that her continuous communication with the people in the region and her constant awareness of the developments of the confrontations “closed the way for those lurking to destabilize the security of the region, and brought the operation to success.”
She pointed out that the confrontations broke out in only 5 villages out of 125 villages under the control of the “Deir ez-Zor Military Council” affiliated with the SDF, after members of the Syrian regime and some “criminal elements” infiltrated them.
The SDF said that its forces “did not use firmness or violence during the course of the operation in its first days, and preferred to give priority to wisdom, awareness, and patience to resolve the tensions.” It also said that it “intervened following appeals from the people of the region after service institutions were subjected to looting, burning, and theft,” according to what was stated in its statement. .
The SDF announcement came after an agreement with notables and tribal sheikhs in Deir ez-Zor to enter all areas that witnessed clashes in the eastern countryside of the governorate without fighting.
A source familiar with the events told Al-Modon that the agreement was not clear in its terms, but its broad outlines were the entry of SDF into the villages of the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor to conduct combing operations and restore the barriers between these villages, which had fallen into the hands of tribal fighters with The outbreak of confrontations.
The source also pointed out that these villages, located on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, were originally devoid of the presence of SDF forces inside them, explaining that their presence was limited to barriers and points between them, which were controlled by tribal fighters during the confrontations, with the exception of the huge and fortified points on their outskirts.
Over the course of two weeks, the tribes fought battles against the SDF, led by the sheikh of the “Akidat” tribe, Ibrahim Al-Hafel, which led to the tribes taking almost complete control over the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, and a number of towns in its northern countryside, before the SDF regained control over them and the Al-Hafel stronghold in the town. Thiban.
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2023-09-09 13:30:56
