Report: Expectations of an increase in ISIS attacks in Syria during 2022

Experts have warned that ISIS mercenaries are planning to launch more deadly attacks in Syria during 2022, according to a report by "Voice of America" website.

This warning comes after an increase in ISIS attacks in recent weeks, including 2 strikes claimed by ISIS in the eastern and central regions.

On Monday, ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on a checkpoint of Syrian Democratic Forces, in Deir al-Zor.

On the same day, five soldiers of Damascus government forces were killed and 20 wounded on late Sunday, when ISIS mercenaries attacked their military bus on a highway in Syrian Desert, according to Damascus government news agency (SANA).

Buses transporting forces of Damascus government are frequently attacked. Last October, 14 soldiers were killed and 3 others were wounded when two explosive devices exploded targeting their bus.

In this context, Kolin Klark, a senior researcher at New York-based Sovan Center, told the radio, "The local security dynamics on the ground in Syria have not changed."

He stressed that "nothing has changed, everyone is still against ISIS."

ISIS, which took control of parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014, lost all the territory it controlled in 2019.

According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 600 people were killed in dozens of attacks carried out by ISIS last year in Syria.

Ramy Abd al-Rahman, director of SOHR, said: "Last year, we witnessed an increase in attacks claimed by ISIS, whether in areas controlled by regime or SDF, so it is normal to expect more complex attacks in 2022."

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