Covid-19 in Syria: SDF's killing of civilian during curfew 'reminiscent of IS rule' Several people also injured as angry residents burn down SDF's headquarters in Raqqa following shop owner's death Angry residents lit tyres to block the roads in Jdeideh Keheit, a town in the eastern countryside of Raqqa province (MEE/Hussam Hammoud) By Published date: 21 April 2021 12:24 UTC | Last update: 38 min 34 sec ago There have been clashes in Syria's Raqqa province after Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) shot dead a shop owner on Friday while enforcing a Covid-19 curfew. The incident in Jdeideh Keheit, a town in the eastern countryside of Raqqa, has prompted comparisons with the era of Islamic State (IS) rule that ended with the intervention of the US-backed SDF in 2017.