Islamic State terrorists attacked soldiers of the ethnically Kurdish, US-backed, Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria, killing five and wounding one on Wednesday, the SDF confirmed.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the terror attack on Friday.
SDF's official media center stated that ISIS terrorists targeted their soldiers east of Deir Ezzor, before claiming that the SDF troops were able to thwart the attack and "impose control on the ground."
The SDF affirmed that counterterror operations are continuing in the Deir Ezzor region, where ISIS terrorists remain active.
In offering condolences to the families of the "martyrs," SDF affirmed that "their blood will not be shed in vain."
"We stand firmly against these terrorist gangs and vow to avenge our martyrs and to pursue all those who participated in, supported, or planned this attack to the fullest extent of the law and the field force," SDF affirmed.
ISIS's unverified claims of attacks against Kurds in Syria
ISIS's so-called Wilayat al-Sham, the cell operating in Syria, has claimed 10 attacks so far in September against what the terror group refers to as "the apostate PKK," but not all of these have been verified by independent sources.
ISIS does not distinguish between members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and other Kurdish militias operating in Syria, such as the SDF.