According to reports from opposition sources, an important commander within the ranks of the Coalition-led Syrian Democratic Forces, one Abu Hadid Ocelan, was kidnapped from the village Jia'a near the Euphrates River in the northwestern countryside of Deir Ezzor province.
Reports go on to claim that security elements within the US-backed Syrian alliance group have begun arresting suspected Assad supporters throughout areas in Deir Ezzor province under its control.
At the present time, Al-Masdar News is unable to confirm opposition claims on the matter.
If the reports are true, then it remains unclear why US-backed forces have come to the assumption that Assad supporters in the areas controlled by them are responsible for the kidnapping of one of their commanders.
Comment: The SDF are traitors, plain and simple. It's still unclear what exactly the U.S. hopes to use them for: start another war against Assad? Stall the political process by holding out for independence? The border with Iraq is secured. The oil infrastructure held by the Kurds in Syria is negligible. The Arabs in the Kurdish-held areas won't go along with Kurdish desire for an autonomous "Kurdish" region. And Turkey will not allow a Syrian Kurdistan on the border. Any Kurdish obstruction will be unwelcome by everyone except the U.S. and Israel and their sycophantic "allies".