Twelve Syrian soldiers killed or injured in Islamic State ambush in Al-Raqqah desert

Twelve Syrian soldiers killed or injured in Islamic State ambush in Al-Raqqah desert

Reliable sources informed SOHR that ISIS ambushed a column of the regime soldiers and loyalists in Al-Rasafah Desert in Al-Raqqah countryside.

Fierce clashes and exchange of fire with shells and missiles flared up between both parties leaving four regime soldiers dead and eight others injured.

SOHR documented the killing of at least 332 members of the regime soldiers and loyalists of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, including at least two Russians, in addition to 37 of the Iranian militias of non-Syrian nationalities, all have been killed during attacks, bombings and ambushes by the “Islamic State” organization west of Euphrates in the deserts of Deir Ezzor, Homs, and Al-Suwaidaa since the 24th of March 2019.

Also four citizens of those working in gas fields were killed and documented by SOHR in the same period, in attacks by ISIS. SOHR also documented the killing of 103 of the “Islamic State” Organization, of who were killed during the same period during attacks, shelling, and targeting.

Source: Syria HR