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ISIS attacks Syrian government forces in Deir ez Zor
DERI EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday evening, members of the Islamic State Organization (ISIS) assaulted a group of the National Defense Forces (NDF) killing two soldiers and wounding five others in al-Masrab desert in the west of Deir ez-Zor city. The NDF is affiliated with the Syrian government forces. Members of ISIS fired rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) at a group of the NDF and the two parties engaged in clashes with light and medium weapons, a military source told North Press. The government forces sent reinforcement from Deir ez-Zor to the scene in support of the NDF, the source said. The ISIS attack killed two soldiers of the NDF and wounded five others, a medical source in the military hospital of Deir ez-Zor told North Press. On February 2, two soldiers of the government forces were killed and three were wounded as ISIS members attacked government military sites in the Jabal al-Bishri situated between Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor. Reporting by Abdulhamid al-Hussein Posted by: badanov 2022-02-08 |
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