On May 9th, 3 militiamen from the US-backed SDF militias were killed in a firearms attack on a car near the village of Al-Khatouniya in the eastern countryside of Hasaka.
Local sources from Tal Hamis said that an attack by the popular factions with automatic weapons targeted a car carrying three militiamen on the road between the town of Al-Hol and the village of Khatounia, eastern countryside of Hasakah near the Iraqi border.
Attacks against the US-backed SDF militiasare escalating in the areas of their deployment in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, Hasaka and Raqqa.