​​​​​​​ISIS mercenaries attack sites of Damascus forces in Deir al-Zor countryside

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 2 members were killed and 10 others were wounded, in an attack carried out by ISIS mercenaries during the past hours on the sites of "17th Division" of Damascus government forces and "Al-Qatirji" groups in the vicinity of Al-Kharata oil field in western desert of Deir al-Zor.

The attack coincided with violent clashes taking place between ISIS mercenaries and Damascus government forces in "Ghanem al-Ali" desert in eastern countryside of Raqqa.

The death toll since the beginning of 2022 within the desert, according to observatory's documentation, has reached 179 dead: 95 ISIS mercenaries were killed by Russian air strikes that targeted areas where they were hiding in separate areas of the desert of Homs, Al-Swaydaa, Hama, Raqqa, Deir al-Zor and Aleppo.

In addition to 84 members of Damascus government forces and groups loyal to it, they were killed in 32 operations of ISIS mercenaries in separate areas of the Desert, which took place through ambushes, armed attacks and bombings in west of the Euphrates, Deir al-Zor, Raqqa, Homs, Al-Swaydaa, Hama and Aleppo.

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ANHA