More seven bodies found | The number of NDF members killed by ISIS cells in Deir Ezzor desert jumps to 12

Deir Ezzor province: SOHR sources have reported that the number of members of the National Defence Forces of Al-Bosaraya tribe, who were killed in Deir Ezzor desert, has increased to 12, as more seven bodies were found today. The 12 men were gone missing when they headed to the desert on March 9 under a security campaign to search for ISIS cells. SOHR sources suggest that the group was eliminated by ISIS.

 

According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2023 has increased to 92; 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.

 

• 88 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 14 Iranian-backed Syrian and non-Syrian militiamen, were killed in 48 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, 105 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: 18 operations left 110 fatalities:

 

• 29 combatants, including three Iranian-backed militias.

 

• 81 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: 17 operations which left 38 fatalities:

 

• 36 combatants, including 11 Iranian-backed militias.

 

• One ISIS member.

 

• One civilian.

 

-Hama desert: Six operations left 19 civilians and 12 combatants dead.

 

-Aleppo desert: One operation left three civilians dead.