ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – At least two regime soldiers were killed in an attack carried out by Islamic State (ISIS) gunmen in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zor province, a war monitor reported on Saturday.
“Two members of the 17th Division of the regime forces were killed, and a third was injured with various injuries after being targeted by two ISIS gunmen riding a motorcycle,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor.
The ambush took place near the town of Mahkan, in Deir ez-Zor’s Mayadin district – a stronghold for pro-Iran militias and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
It is the latest in a spate of ISIS attacks in Syria, particularly from the desert regions where jihadist cells maintain a presence.
ISIS rose to power and seized swathes of Iraqi and Syrian land in a brazen offensive in 2014, declaring a so-called “caliphate.”
While the group was declared territorially defeated in 2017 and 2019, respectively, it still continues to pose serious security risks through hit-and-run attacks, bombings, and abductions, especially across the vast expanses of the Syrian desert as well as several Iraqi provinces.
At least 476 Syrian regime soldiers and pro-Iran militants have been killed by ISIS militants in Syria since the start of the year. The attacks have also killed 58 civilians, according to data from the Observatory.
“Two members of the 17th Division of the regime forces were killed, and a third was injured with various injuries after being targeted by two ISIS gunmen riding a motorcycle,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor.
The ambush took place near the town of Mahkan, in Deir ez-Zor’s Mayadin district – a stronghold for pro-Iran militias and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
It is the latest in a spate of ISIS attacks in Syria, particularly from the desert regions where jihadist cells maintain a presence.
ISIS rose to power and seized swathes of Iraqi and Syrian land in a brazen offensive in 2014, declaring a so-called “caliphate.”
While the group was declared territorially defeated in 2017 and 2019, respectively, it still continues to pose serious security risks through hit-and-run attacks, bombings, and abductions, especially across the vast expanses of the Syrian desert as well as several Iraqi provinces.
At least 476 Syrian regime soldiers and pro-Iran militants have been killed by ISIS militants in Syria since the start of the year. The attacks have also killed 58 civilians, according to data from the Observatory.
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