The SDF stated its fighters got here beneath hearth from “sleeper cells of Desh” terro group, concentrating on a patrol on the outskirts of Deir ez-Zur.
The group confirmed that one in all its members was killed whereas two extra sustained accidents throughout the assault.
The announcement got here hours after Ahmad al-Sharaa, also called Abu Mohammad al-Julani and head of Syria’s interim authorities, warned that failure to combine the SDF into the Syrian military earlier than the top of this 12 months would carry “severe penalties.”
Final week, the Iraqi Standard Mobilization Items (PMU) held army drills close to the Syrian border involving armored and infantry models.
In accordance with a PMU assertion, the workout routines included the first Armored Fight Battalion, the thirtieth and thirty first Brigades, and different elite forces.
The drills adopted final week’s announcement of a large-scale safety operation in Anbar province to trace down Daesh fugitives and weapons caches within the desert close to al-Qaim.
Border areas between Iraq and Syria have not too long ago seen elevated militant exercise, with studies of clashes close to the city of Al-Bukamal and in Horan, elevating fears of additional escalation.