20 civilians injured in shelling by ISIS on Deir Ezzor city

Deir Ezzor, SANA – 20 civilians were injured due to shelling by ISIS terrorist organization on residential areas in Deir Ezzor city.

SANA’s correspondent in Deir Ezzor city said that ISIS fired dozens of shells at al-Joura and al-Qusour neighborhoods in the city, injuring 15 people, all of them women and children who were gathered in the streets to get water, in addition to causing massive material damage to the neighborhoods.

Later, the correspondent said that 5 other civilians sustained wounds of varying severity to attacks by ISIS on the besieged neighborhood of Harabesh in the city.

Director of Deir Ezzor Health Department Abdelnamjm al-Obeid said that the injured were rushed to Al-Assad Hopsital and the military hospital, and that 4 of them are in critical conditions.

Hazem Sabbagh

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