After the attempt of gangs affiliated with the Damascus government to infiltrate the regions on the east bank of the Euphrates River in Deir ez-Zor was prevented by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the gangs, together with the Iranian forces stationed on the west bank, launched a mortar attack on the houses of civilians in the village of Dîban.

As a result of the attack, a child named Abdulrauf Ubeyd El-Xelef lost his life, and civilian homes were seriously damaged.