SOHR activists say that the Islamic State has captured houses in the city of Sokhna in Homs desert, after fierce battles with regime forces and loyalists, accompanied by heavy ground shelling on the clashes’ areas. The death toll among both sides has risen to 49. The Syrian Observatory has documented the killing of 27 people … Continue reading ISIS resurgence: Islamic State captures areas in Al-Sukhna and nearly 50 people killed among regime forces and ISIS members