New ISIS attack | Member of NDF killed in Al-Raqqah desert

Al-Raqqah province: A member of National Defence Forces was killed due to an attack carried out by ISIS members on positions of regime forces and Iranian-backed militias in Al-Jabeiylah desert in Al-Raqqah countryside, where armed clashes erupted between both sides before ISIS members withdrew to an unknown destination in the Syrian desert.

 

According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2024 has increased to 204; and they are as follows:

 

• 22 ISIS members were killed by regime forces and their proxy militias.

 

• 148 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 14 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen, were killed in 76 operations by ISIS members, including ambushes, armed attacks, and explosions, in west Euphrates region and the deserts of Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah, Homs.

 

• 34 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: 25 operations left 72 fatalities:

 

• 50 combatants, including seven Iranian-backed militiamen.

 

• Five ISIS members.

 

• 17 civilians, including 16 truffle pickers.

 

-Homs desert: 35 operations left 79 fatalities:

 

• 55 combatants, including three Iranian-backed militiamen.

 

• 14 ISIS members.

 

• Ten civilians, including two truffle pickers.

 

-Al-Raqqah desert: Nine operations left 21 fatalities:

 

• 18 combatants.

 

• Three ISIS members.

 

-Hama desert: Six operations left 31 fatalities:

 

• 24 combatants, including a member of Iranian-backed militias.

 

• Seven civilians, including a child.

 

-Aleppo: One operation left three Iranian-backed militiamen dead.