RAQQA, April.11, (ST)-At least 5 gunmen affiliated to the US-backed “Syrian Democratic Forces” militia were killed and injured when an explosive device went off in their car near Al-Hesheh town in the northern countryside of Raqqa.
According to local sources, the popular factions targeted a military car belonging to the SDF militia near Al-Hesheh town, which is located 55km away from the north of Raqqa, killing two gunmen and wounding 3 others.
The sources added that the SDF militia [Its Arabic acronym is QASAD] brought reinforcements and cordoned off the scene.
Over the past few months, the popular rejection of the SDF militia’s movements escalated where scores of militiamen were killed in the countrysides of Deir Ezzour, Hasakah, Raqqa and Aleppo.
Basma Qaddour