“A terrorist group riding a motorcycle targeted a vehicle belonging to our forces in the town of Abriha in Deir ez-Zor province using a Kalashnikov assault rifle. Three members of our forces sustained various injuries,” the Asayish said in a statement.
ISIS has exploited a security vacuum following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December. The jihadists are particularly active in Deir ez-Zor, where they frequently target the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and local security forces.
The Asayish asserted that “extensive combing operations” were launched in the area after the attack in search of the assailants.
“Such terrorist attacks will not deter us from pursuing anyone who dares to threaten the security of our regions,” the statement added.
The Kurdish-led SDF, the de facto army of northeast Syria (Rojava), has carried out numerous operations this year to counter what they say is a resurgence in ISIS activity, targeting both their forces and civilians.
ISIS rose to power and seized swathes of Iraqi and Syrian land in a brazen offensive in 2014, declaring a so-called “caliphate.” The SDF defeated the group in Syria in 2019 with the help of the US-led global coalition against ISIS.