Local sources confirmed that the residents of Ghanem al-Ali village in the eastern countryside of Al-Raqqa, which is under the control of the regime forces and Iranian militias, found, on Thursday, 4 unidentified bodies in the vicinity of the village.

"Ain al-Furat" network quoted an informed source as saying that the regime forces imposed a security cordon at the place where the bodies were found in the southern area of the village of Ghanem al-Ali, in order to ascertain their identity and prevented the people from reaching the area.

The source indicated that the bodies belonged to young men working in sheep herding, contacting had been lost during their work in the vicinity of Ghanem Al-Ali village in mid-October of this year.

It added that some of the village's residents managed to reach the area before the regime forces imposed their security cordon, and they identified the bodies of sheep shepherds, stressing that they were the same missing persons.

It pointed out that after examining the bodies, it was found that the shepherds were field-executed, because they were shot in the head, and according to a medical source, the crime occurred during the last 24 hours.

It is noteworthy that the killings of shepherds are frequently repeated in the areas controlled by the regime forces and the Iranian militias, and the regime's investigations are always closed, accusing the "Islamic State" organization.

However, the families and relatives of the victims denied the organization's connection to these crimes and stressed that the Iranian militias were behind them with the aim of stealing the herds of cattle.