Sneak attack | IS*IS cells ki*ll three members of regime-back militias in Homs

Three members of the regime-backed militias were killed and others were injured in a sneak attack with machineguns by ISIS cells on a military patrol, on the road between Al-Sokhna City and Kabakib area in eastern Homs countryside, where the injured people were taken to the hospital to receive proper medication. Meanwhile, the gunmen fled to an unknown destination.

According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2023 has increased to 451; and they are as follows:
• 27 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.
• 264 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 37 Iranian-backed Syrian and non-Syrian militiamen, were killed in 116 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.
• 160 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: 39 operations left 168 fatalities:
• 76 combatants, including 12 Iranian-backed militias.
• 88 civilians, including a woman.
• Seven ISIS members.
-Al-Raqqah desert: 11 operations left 33 fatalities:
• 29 combatants.
• Three ISIS members.
• One civilian.
-Deir Ezzor desert: 47 operations which left 150 fatalities:
• 119 combatants, including 20 Iranian-backed militias.
• 12 ISIS members.
• 19 civilians.
-Hama desert: 16 operations which left 89 fatalities:
• 49 civilians.
• 36 combatants, including five Iranian-backed militiamen.
• Five ISIS members.
-Aleppo desert: Three operations left three combatants, including two members of the 25th Division, and three civilians dead.