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Members of government-backed militias killed in eastern Syria
PALMYRA, Syria (North Press) – Eight members, including a leader, affiliated with the Syrian government forces were killed yesterday by anonymous gunmen near the city of Palmyra in eastern Syria. Unknown gunmen targeted a military convoy of the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Iraqi Kata’ib Hezbollah with heavy machine guns while the convoy was moving out of the Syrian desert towards Palmyra, a military source of the Syrian government said. Eight members of the Kata’ib Hezbollah were killed. Five of them were Iraqi nationals. A man identified as Abu Hamdoun, a field leader of the patrols of the Kata’ib Hezbollah, were among the dead, the source added. The convoy conducted a combing operation in the Syrian desert and was coming back to its site in Palmyra, the sources noted. Areas of Palmyra and the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor constitute source of concern for the Iranian-backed militias and those affiliated with the Syrian government forces. Sleeper cells of the Islamic State (ISIS) occasionally conduct operations against them causing multiple losses. Yesterday, unknown gunmen killed a leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah who was driving his military vehicle back from his place of work in Palmyra towards Homs. Reporting by Omar Abdurrahman Posted by: badanov 2022-03-14 |
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