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On May 11, four fighters from the United States-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed in the northeastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor in an attack that was attributed to ISIS.
A Humvee armored vehicle that was carrying the fighters was reportedly targeted with an improvised explosive device as it was moving on a road near the town of al-Baghuz in the southeastern Deir Ezzor countryside. All four were killed on the spot.
The slain fighters were identified by the SDF as Hassan al-Hussein, Manhal al-Nassif, Khalaf al-Eid and Zidane Al-Mohammed.
ISIS made its last stance as a “Caliphate” in al-Baghuz in 2019. The battle in the town, which went on from early February to late March, claimed the lives of more than 250 terrorists, with more than 4,000 others captured by the SDF and the U.S.-led coalition.
Despite the harsh defeat, the terrorist group is still operating in al-Baghus and several other parts of the southeastern Deir Ezzor countryside.
According to a report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based pro-opposition monitoring group, from May 8, ISIS cells have carried out 61 attacks in SDF territory in northeastern Syria since the beginning of the year. The attacks claimed the lives of 33 personnel of the SDF and six civilians.
