Five soldiers of Damascus forces were killed and injured in ISIS attack

ISIS mercenaries targeted a military vehicle belonging to the Damascus government forces southwest of Raqqa, killing and wounding 5 of its members.

18 December, 2021 08:37

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According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights , SOHR, two members of Damascus government forces were killed and 3 others were injured, as a result of ISIS's attack, which targeted a military vehicle on the road between the cities of Maskana and Debsai Afnan, southwest of Raqqa.

This comes a day after ISIS attack which targeted sites of Damascus backed - National Defense Force in the Hamra area within the Al-Mayadin desert in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor, which led to injury of 4 members of the National Defense some of them in serious conditions.

ISIS mercenaries also infiltrated a military point belonging to the Russian-backed "Fifth Corps", in the vicinity of the town of Ma'dan Ateeq, east of Raqqa, where ISIS groups managed to capture 3 of the Legion's members.

According to the statistics and documentation of the Syrian Observatory ,the death toll, during the period from March 24, 2019 to the present day, reached 1,610 dead from the Damascus government forces and the militiamen loyal to it of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, including at least 3 Russians, in addition to 158 Of Iran backed groups all of them were killed during attacks of ISIS mercenaries west of the Euphrates, Deir Ezzor desert, Raqqa, Homs, As-Suwayda, Hama and Aleppo.

The Syrian Observatory also documented the killing of 4 civilians working in the gas fields and dozens of shepherds and other civilians, including children and women, in mercenary attacks, while the “SOHR” also documented the killing of 1,096 ISIS mercenaries, during the same period during.

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