The Media Center of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) published the confessions of a member of Difa al-Watani (National Defense Forces, NDF) regarding their fight against the SDF in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor under the guise of ‘tribes’.

According to the SDF report, one of the Syrian regime-backed NDF elements confessed that the orders were issued by their group’s leader to fight against the SDF in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor under the name ‘Tribes’. The NDF element is called Ghiath Juma Sahoor, originally from the Damascus countryside, and was captured in al-Busaira town during Operation Security Reinforcement.

Sahoor stated, “While in Damascus, I got in touch with an individual named Abu Basil Diaa / Ghazi, an NDF in Deir ez-Zor. He offered me to join his group, and I agreed.”

“While I was a part of that group, I became acquainted with another individual named Ali Ramadan Khalaf from al-Busaira town,” he recounted. “Following the directives of Commander Abu Basil, Ali and I crossed the Euphrates River into an area known as al-Jazeera. When conflicts arose, I was in the town of al-Busaira.”

“Under the orders of my group’s commander, we were compelled to engage in combat against the SDF, under the guise of ‘Tribes’. While I was participating in the fighting, I was captured by the SDF in the town of al-Busaira,” he explained.

“Despite the Syrian regime’s claim that the individuals responsible for combatting the SDF and causing turmoil in certain villages and towns in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, engaging in looting, arson, and the destruction of public institutions, were affiliated with local “tribes”, our forces managed to apprehend several members of the Syrian regime-backed NDF during our combing operations,” SDF stated.