Islamic State terrorist group killed four Iraqi Hezbollah militants in Badia desert

Four militants of the Iraqi Hezbollah Battalions were killed and five more wounded in a surprise attack by the “Islamic State” group near the town of Al-Sukhna in the Syrian Badia desert, local sources told Zaman al-Wasl Monday.

The attack targeted a military headquarters in the Al-Taybeh area near the desert town of Al-Sukhna with a guided missile and heavy machine guns.

Among the dead was a field commander named “Hajj Fawzi”, who is responsible for the newly-installed military headquarters.

The Iraqi-branch Hezbollah militia deployed military reinforcements in the desert Sukhnah town in the eastern Homs countryside on Friday.

Last Friday, Zaman al-Wasl sources said The “Iraqi Hezbollah” sent reinforcements from Damascus to Al-Sukhnah.

The reinforcements included more than seven armored vehicles and more than 15 four-wheel drive vehicles equipped with medium and heavy machine guns such as 23 mm anti-aircraft.

It also included more than 80 combatants, equipped with full field equipment, and a number of cargo vehicles loaded with weapons, ammunition and military equipment.

The reinforcements were accompanied by military helicopters on the Palmyra-Deir Ezzor road.

Iranian militias have been working for weeks to strengthen their military presence in the areas of the Syrian Badia, specifically the areas of the eastern countryside of Homs, after they were targeted by the cells of the Islamic State, which are still active throughout eastern Syria.

Despite the fall of ISiS in 2017, the group continues to launch deadly attacks from hideouts in the Syrian desert, which extends from the outskirts of the capital Damascus to the Iraqi border.

About half a million people have been killed and millions have been displaced since the Syrian conflict erupted in 2011, after nationwide protests against the government were met with a brutal crackdown.

Source: Zamanalwsl