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Deir ez-Zor province, eastern Syria, is witnessing clashes between tribes and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the villages controlled by the latter in the eastern part of the Euphrates River.
According to Enab Baladi correspondent in Deir ez-Zor, the tribes took control of the points of the “SDF” in the towns of Tayyanah and Granij east of Deir ez-Zor, on Saturday, January 17.
Clashes are also taking place in the town of Abu Hamam, Abu Hardoub checkpoint, the eastern municipality of Al-Jardhi, and the town of Dhiban in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, according to the reporter.
According to the reporter, the tribes bombed SDF points in the town of Shuhail, and four explosions shook the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, coinciding with the movements of the tribes.
In the same context, elements and cadres withdrew from the “Al-Omar” oil field in Deir ez-Zor and the “7 kilo” area, without news of clashes that affected the area.
Previous escalation
The areas of northeast Syria have been a security and military escalation during the past days, represented in a series of attacks targeting military points of the SDF, in conjunction with intensive military movements and reinforcements of the SDF forces on the lines of contact.
The correspondent of Enab Baladi in Deir ez-Zor, on January 13, reported that a series of targeting targeted “SDF” points in the eastern countryside, where unknown persons attacked a military point in the town of Abu Hamam, using RPGs and machine guns.
Simultaneously, an unknown group targeted another point of the SDF near the bank of the Euphrates River in the town of Al-Shafa with machine guns, without receiving information on the size of the human casualties, and the SDF did not announce any losses in its forces.
Arab tribal fighters targeted SDF positions along the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, through a series of simultaneous operations that affected military points and strategic checkpoints, on January 11.
A leader in the ranks of the Arab tribes known as “Abu Bashar” told Enab Baladi at the time that the attacks represent “an announcement of the launch of the liberation process, accompanied by a general alarm for all fighters in the Al-Jazeera region.”
According to the commander of the tribal forces, the reason for the escalation is due to the continued raids and arrests carried out by the SDF in search of wanted persons or cells affiliated with the organization, according to her, which are often met with popular rejection.
These developments come in conjunction with a military operation launched by the government to control areas west of the Euphrates south and east of the city of Raqqa, northern Syria.
On January 16, the commander of the SDF, Mazloum Abdi, announced an agreement to withdraw his forces from the eastern countryside of Aleppo towards the east of the Euphrates, with international guarantee.
