IS*IS resurgence | Three members of “Iraqi Al-Nujabaa” militia kil*led in an attack on a position in Al-Shola Desert
Deir Ezzor province: A Syrian member of the Iran-backed “Iraqi Al-Nujabaa” militia died affected by the wounds he sustained yesterday, in an attack by ISIS cells on a military position in Al-Shola Desert southern of Deir Ezzor.
Yesterday, gunmen of ISIS set off from the depth of the Syrian Desert on motorbikes and launched a sneak attack with light and medium weapons targeting positions of the Iran-backed “Iraqi Nujabaa Movement” militia in Al-Shola Desert southern of Deir Ezzor, killing two members and injuring two others, while the clashes are still ongoing.
According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2024 has increased to 77; and they are as follows:
• Nine ISIS members were killed by regime forces and their proxy militias.
• 60 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 11 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen, were killed in 26 operations by ISIS members, including ambushes, armed attacks, and explosions, in west Euphrates region and the deserts of Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah, Homs.
• Eight civilians, including a child, were killed in attacks by ISIS in the Syrian desert.
Here is a regional distribution of ISIS attacks:
-Deir Ezzor desert: Ten operations left 25 fatalities:
• 23 combatants, including seven Iranian-backed militiamen.
• Two ISIS members.
-Homs desert: 11 operations left 29 fatalities:
• 24 combatants, including one Iranian-backed militiaman.
• Four ISIS members.
• One civilian.
-Al-Raqqah desert: Two operations left 12 fatalities:
• Nine combatants.
• Three ISIS members.
-Hama desert: Two operations left eight fatality:
• One combatant.
• Seven civilians, including a child.
-Aleppo: One operation left three Iranian-backed militiamen dead.