According to the portal, the militants tried to move from the eastern part of the city of Deir-ez-Zor to the western one, which is still under their control. Terrorists covered themselves with civilians as a "living shield".

As a result, 34 people died, among them women and nine children.

This was stated by the British-Syrian Observatory on Human Rights Monitoring.

The head of the observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, said that "dozens" of people were injured, and many were never found.

In total, 40 ferry boats were attacked.

Earlier, the SAA and coalition forces began the liberation of the city of Deir ez Zor.

As reported in "URA-Inform", "Syrian Democratic Forces" together with US troops launched an operation to liberate the city of Deir-ez-Zor from the terrorists of Igilovites.