On October 8, 2023, the decomposed body of a man, identified as Ahmad Atallah al-Khalaf from al-Harijiya town in northern Deir Ez-Zour governorate, was found by local residents in an abandoned cabin in the badiya ‘desert’ of al-Jasmi village in northern Deir Ez-Zour governorate. Ahmad had been missing since September 3, 2023, while he was travelling to al-Sour town where Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were carrying an arrest campaign at the time.
The area is under the control of the SDF. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has not yet been able to identify Ahmad’s killers, with the controlling forces bearing responsibility for identifying his killers.
