(Zaman Al Wasl)- A tribal leader was assassinated by Daesh militant in eastern Raqqa city over links with Kurdish militias, local activists said Friday.
Sheikh Bashir Faisal al-Huwaidi, one of al-Afa’adleh tribe leaders, was killed by a silenced pistol early morning.
Daesh has claimed the responsibility for Huwaidi death, saying, the sheikh was "apostate and one of the heads of infidelity" for his cooperation with the Kurdish Democratic Union and allied militias.
Four arrest warrants were issued for Huwaidi by the Syrian regime security services, according to the leaked Intelligence archive obtained by Zaman al-Wasl.
The regime accused Huwaidi of killing General Tayseer Khailah, the head of Political Security in Raqqa in 2013.
Huwaidi called on the US-led Syrian Democratic Forces to hand over the leadership in Raqqa to its indigenous people, mostly Arabs.
Since the Syrian revolution erupted in 2011, more than 470,000 people have been killed, and more than 6 million people have been displaced.
Zaman Al Wasl
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