A man, identified as Mulla Hmidi from al-Jazrat town who was the imam of a mosque in Sabbagha subdistrict in the badiya ‘desert’ of al-Jazrat town in western Deir Ez-Zour governorate, was shot dead on June 29, 2024, by gunmen we have not yet been able to identify from a passing motorbike, as he was leaving a mosque in Sabbagha subdistrict. The area is under the control of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) is still trying to locate eyewitnesses to obtain more information about the incident.
We condemn all killings of civilians, and call on the controlling forces to uphold their responsibilities for protecting civilians in their areas, to investigate this incident, and to make the investigation’s findings known to the public. Syria will never have true stability without a genuine political transition process towards democracy within a fixed timetable.
