Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance rushing in to fill the vacuum after al-Assad's army (SAA) extremely irresponsibly just left Deir ez-Zor in what can only be assumed to be some kind of wish that the ISIL/Daesh sleeper-cells almost certainly still in the area would take the opportunity to do a major resurgence and grab it.
"Ground shelling by Turkish occupation on 11 villages in Manbij" in northern Syria, Arab-majority self-governed, self-liberated and self-defended part of the autonomous North and East Syria most widely still known as "Rojava". https://hawarnews.com/en/ground-shelling-by-turkish-occupation-on-11-villages-in-manbij They've been doing that near daily for many years, but now it is likely intended as preparation for SNA to conquer Manbij for Turkey to annex.
ICYMI, al-Suwayda/Sweida in southern Syria has been essentially autonomous due to continuous protests on going https://todon.eu/@b9AcE/113584147226360951 for over a year.
And now the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) own video of when the Deir ez-Zor Military Council, which is part of the SDF alliance, expanded to secure the people after al-Assad's regime forces had abandoned the place.
As in other places the locals have their own autonomous military self-defense council, similar to the maybe more widely known Manbij Military Council and more.