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| Government-affiliated groups clash over smuggling routes in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor |
| 2023-08-18 |
| [NPASyria] Clashes erupted on Wednesday between National Defense Forces (NDF) and the Fourth Division, both affiliated with the Syrian government forces, over smuggling routes in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, leading to injuries from both sides. A military source in the NDF told North Press that festivities with machine guns erupted between members of the NDF and a military post of the Fourth Division stationed on the bank of the Euphrates River near a route for smuggling. The festivities started after members of the Fourth Division confiscated amounts of smuggled fuel and goods coming from the areas of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) in the east of the Euphrates River that belonged to an NDF leader, the source added. The incident resulted in the injury of two members of the NDF and another of the Fourth Division. The matter was settled after the intervention of patrols of the Military Security and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) where the confiscated materials were returned, according to the source. The Syrian Desert always witnesses security chaos and instability due to ongoing festivities between the gangs of the government forces, the Iranian-backed militias, and ISIS sleeper cells. Related: National Defense Forces: 2023-08-02 Two members of pro-government militia wounded in Deir ez-Zor city National Defense Forces: 2023-07-17 4 military personnel injured in quarrel in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor National Defense Forces: 2023-07-09 AU troops kill terrorists, seizes weapons during Somalia operation |
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