Planted by “ISIS” | Explosion of landmine leaves eight members of NDF dead in western countryside of Deir Ezzor
Deir Ezzor province: The death toll of “National Defence” members increased to eight, in an infinite toll, after a member died of wounds he sustained yesterday, in the explosion of a landmine planted by “ISIS” in Al-Shujairi village in Al-Masrab district in the western desert of Deir Ezzor, within areas controlled by regime forces and militias loyal to them.
The death toll is likely to increase, due to the presence of 14 injured members of the National Defence, some of whom are in a critical condition.
According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2023 has increased to 565 and they are as follows:
• 44 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.
• 356 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 43 Iranian-backed Syrian and non-Syrian militiamen, were killed in 148 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.
• 165 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: 53 operations left 236 fatalities:
• 134 combatants, including 16 Iranian-backed militias.
• 89 civilians, including a woman.
• 13 ISIS members.
-Al-Raqqah desert: 13 operations left 39 fatalities:
• 35 combatants.
• Three ISIS members.
• One civilian.
-Deir Ezzor desert: 59 operations which left 175 fatalities:
• 142 combatants, including 22 Iranian-backed militias.
• 14 ISIS members.
• 19 civilians.
-Hama desert: 18 operations which left 97 fatalities:
• 53 civilians.
• 37 combatants, including five Iranian-backed militiamen.
• Seven ISIS members.
-Aleppo desert: Four operations left five combatants, including two members of the 25th Division, and three civilians dead.
-Al-Suwaidaa desert: One operation left three combatants dead