The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Planted by ISIS | Regime soldier dies of wounds in earlier IED explosion in Deir Ezzor desert, bringing the number of deaths to two

Deir Ezzor province: A regime soldier died affected by the injury he sustained yesterday due to the explosion of an IED planted earlier by ISIS cells in Deir Ezzor desert, where the number of deaths due to this expansion has increased to two, they are an officer with the rank of first lieutenant and a soldier.

Since the beginning of 2024, ISIS members have increased their operations and attacks in various regions of the Syrian desert, targeting combatants of regime forces and civilians, through bombings, assassinations, IEDs attacks , landmines, and armed attacks.

According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2024 has increased to 220; and they are as follows:

24 ISIS members were killed by regime forces and their proxy militias.
161 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 16 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen, were killed in 84 operations by ISIS members, including ambushes, armed attacks, and explosions, in west Euphrates region and the deserts of Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah, Homs.
35 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: 30 operations left 78 fatalities:

55 combatants, including seven Iranian-backed militiamen.
Five ISIS members.
18 civilians, including 17 truffle pickers.
-Homs desert: 38 operations left 87 fatalities:

61 combatants, including three Iranian-backed militiamen.
16 ISIS members.
Ten civilians, including two truffle pickers.
-Al-Raqqah desert: Nine operations left 23 fatalities:

20 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.