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DeirEzzor24 exclusive report:
Al-Qaterji’s militia has been known since Daesh took control of Deir Ezzor as the largest oil godfather in the region, through his agent called “Abu Bakr Al-Homsi”.
Then, in 2019, after the Assad regime took control of areas of Deir Ezzor “west of the Euphrates,” it acquired an investment and protection contract for oil installations in the name of the (Arvada) oil company affiliated to the Al-Qaterji Sons business group, which includes the fields of Al-Taym, Al-Ward and Al-Shula, in addition to smuggling oil and its derivatives from SDF-controlled areas to Areas controlled by the Assad regime for five years, renewable, according to a special source for Deirezzor24 Network.
Al-Qaterji militia in Deir Ezzor is divided into “special missions” and the Village Guard militia, with a strength of 2,300 members from the eastern region, most of whom are from Deir Ezzor, distributed as 300 in the Al-Taym field, 200 in the Al-Ward field, 200 in the Al-Shula field, 100 in the command of the 137th Regiment south of the city of Deir Ezzor, and 200 others on The checkpoints of the cities of Al-Bukamal, Buqrus, Mohassan, and the headquarters of the Villas neighborhood in Deir Ezzor, in addition to drivers and oil tanker escorts.
Al-Qaterji militia tended to attract the largest number of volunteers in Deir Ezzor, under the name of volunteers in the Village Guards, especially after the recent clash with Hamsho militia in Deir Ezzor.
