Attack on Internal Security Forces in Deir ez-Zor

According to the statement released by the Press Liaison Center of the Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria, two checkpoints in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor were targeted in armed attacks.

The statement said that two individuals on a motorcycle opened fire on a checkpoint belonging to the Internal Security Forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the village of Ebrîha.

It was also reported that unidentified men threw a hand grenade at the forces’ center in the town of Zîban; no casualties occurred in either attack.

The Internal Security Forces stated that they returned fire and that the attackers fled the area.