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| ISIS kills two regime soldiers in east Syria: Monitor |
| 2024-11-04 |
| [Rudaw] 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. Related: Deir ez-Zor province: 2024-10-23 Two SDF fighters injured in eastern Syria: Monitor Deir ez-Zor province: 2024-10-15 ISIS kills four regime soldiers in east Syria: Monitor Deir ez-Zor province: 2024-10-06 Over 5,500 Lebanese refugees enter Iraq |
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