Unknown assailants assassinate prominent Syrian sheikh in Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:40 P.M.) – A group of armed assailants shot dead a dignitary from the Al-Akidat tribe and his son in their home in the eastern countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate.
Sources close to the family stated that the attack targeted the guesthouse of Sheikh Atliosh, in the village of Hawaij Theban in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, which led to his death and his son Mahmoud, while others spoke of a third killed, Fayez Al-Hadi.