ISIS attack | The number of regime soldiers killed in today’s attack in Palmyra desert increases to two
Homs province: SOHR activists have confirmed the death of another regime soldier in the 18th Division of the 131st Brigade in an attack by ISIS cells on a group of soldiers in Palmyra desert in the eastern countryside of Homs. The soldier was of “Al-Boali” tribe from Deir Ezzor province.
Accordingly, the number of regime soldiers who were killed in this attack has increased to two.
Earlier today, SOHR sources reported that a surprise attack was carried out by gunmen believed to be of ISIS cells, targeting a group of regime forces with light and medium weapons in Palmyra desert in the eastern countryside of Homs, which resulted in the death of a soldier from Latakia.
According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2023 has increased to 67; and they are as follows:
- Four ISIS members were killed in clashes with regime forces and Russian airstrikes on ISIS hideouts in the deserts of Homs, Al-Suwaidaa, Hama, Al-Raqqah, Deir Ezzor and Aleppo.
- 63 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 14 Iranian-backed Syrian and non-Syrian militiamen, were killed in 45 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.
In addition, 94 civilians, including a woman, were killed in attacks by ISIS in the Syrian desert.
Here is a regional distribution of ISIS attacks in 2023:
-Homs desert: 16 operations left 104 fatalities:
- 27 combatants, including three Iranian-backed militias.
- 77 civilians, including a woman.
-Al-Raqqah desert: Seven operations left 16 fatalities:
- 11 regime soldiers
- Three ISIS members.
- One civilian.
- An NDF member.
-Deir Ezzor desert: 16 operations which left 26 fatalities:
- 24 combatants, including 11 Iranian-backed militias.
- One ISIS member.
- One civilian.
-Hama desert: Five operations left 12 civilians and one member of the National Defence Forces dead.
-Aleppo desert: One operation left three civilians dead.