The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Homs | “ISIS” cells target regime military vehicle killing and injuring four soldiers on Al-Sukhnah-Palmyra road

Homs province: Gunmen of “ISIS” cells launched a surprise attack with light and medium weapons, starting from the Syrian desert, in which they targeted a military vehicle of the regime forces on Al-Sukhnah-Palmyra road in Homs countryside, which led to the death of a regime soldier and the injury of three others, while “ISIS” cells fled to an unknown destination deep in the desert.

According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2024 has increased to 299; and they are as follows:
* 24 ISIS members were killed by regime forces and their proxy militias.
* 238 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 25 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen, were killed in 110 operations by ISIS members, including ambushes, armed attacks, and explosions, in west Euphrates region and the deserts of Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah, Homs.
* 37 civilians, including a child and a woman, were killed in attacks by ISIS in the Syrian desert.
Here is a regional distribution of ISIS attacks:
-Deir Ezzor desert: 40 operations left 104 fatalities:
* 81 combatants, including seven Iranian-backed militiamen.
* Five ISIS members.
* 18 civilians, including 17 truffle pickers, among them there was a woman.
-Homs desert: 49 operations left 114 fatalities:
* 88 combatants, including 12 Iranian-backed militiamen.
* 16 ISIS members.
* Ten civilians, including two truffle pickers.
-Al-Raqqah desert: 12 operations left 39 fatalities:
* 34 combatants, including two Iranian-backed militiamen.
* Three ISIS members.
* Two civilian truffle pickers.
-Hama desert: Eight operations left 37 fatalities:
* 30 combatants, including an Iranian-backed militiaman.
* Seven civilians, including a child.
-Aleppo: Two operations left five fatalities:
* Three Iranian-backed militiamen.
* Two National Defence members.