To take control | SDF launches violent attack on Zaiban Town the last stronghold of local gu*nmen in Deir Ezzor

SOHR activists monitored violent clashes on frontlines of Zaiban Town in Deir Ezzor countryside in an attack by SDF on the town that is considered the last stronghold of local gunmen in eastern of Euphrates in Deir Ezzor countryside, where SDF attempts to take control over the town after failure of negotiations with the gunmen in Zaiban, which are led by Ibrahim Al-Hafl a dignitary of Al-Okaidat Tribe.

The local gunmen targeted positions of SDF with mortar shells, while SDF sieged the town from several frontlines. However, no casualties have been reported yet.

Earlier today, Thiban town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor is witnessing violent clashes in its vicinity and a displacement movement of some civilians on small boats towards the western banks of the Euphrates, while SDF are trying to advance towards it, amid the suspension of negotiations for calm.

Accordingly, the death toll since the beginning of the clashes on Sunday, August 27, has reached 71:
– Nine civilians, including five children and two women
– 39 of the local gunmen.
– 23 members of SDF, including five persons from Idlib in the Democratic North forces.
In addition to the injury of at least 99 people;
– 54 of the local gunmen.
– 32 members of “SDF”
– 13 civilians.