I-S-I-S sneak attack | Six regime soldiers and “National Defence” members kil-led in Deir Ezzor

Deir Ezzor province: SOHR activists have reported that six regime soldiers and National Defence members were killed and others were injured, in a sneak attack by ISIS cells on a regime military position in Al-Shola area in southern Deir Ezzor countryside.

Earlier today, ISIS members waged a surprise attack with four-wheel drive vehicles equipped with medium and heavy weapons, targeting the positions of the “National Defence” militia and regime forces in the vicinity of Al-Jolla area south of Deir Ezzor, marking the first attack of its kind in months.
Meanwhile, “National Defence” militia brought military reinforcements to its posts in Deir Ezzor city. No casualties nor material damage were reported.
According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2022 has increased to 399; and they are as follows:
• 157 ISIS members were killed in Russian airstrikes on ISIS hideouts in the deserts of Homs, Al-Suwaidaa, Hama, Al-Raqqah, Deir Ezzor and Aleppo.
• 242 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 27 Iranian-backed Syrian and non-Syrian militiamen, were killed in 92 operations by ISIS members, including ambushes, armed attacks, and explosions, in west Euphrates region and the deserts of Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah, Homs, Al-Suwaidaa, Hama and Aleppo.
• Four civilians were killed in attacks by ISIS in the Syrian desert.