Brigadier-general along with some of his escorts killed in battles in the eastern desert of Homs

Homs Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:  a brigadier-general in the regime forces along with several members of the regime forces and their allied militiamen were killed in shelling and clashes with ISIS in the eastern countryside of Homs. It should be noted that the desserts of Palmyra and Al-Sukhnah are witnessing shelling by and clashes between both parties in an attempt by the regime forces to advance into the area and expand their scope of control while ISIS is trying through its counter attacks to make progress at certain points and prevent the regime forces from making a new advancement in the area.