Iranian-backed militants killed, wounded in Syria’s Badia
DEIR EZ-ZOR COUNTRYSIDE, Syria (North Press) – On Tuesday, five militants of Iranian-backed factions were killed and ten others were wounded as a result of an attack by unidentified armed individuals near Palmyra in Syria’s desert.
“Five Syrian militants of the Brigade of Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas died and ten others were wounded as a result of targeting their vehicle by armed individuals, expected to ISIS, with a thermal missile,” a military source of the Iranian-backed Hashimiyoun faction in Palmyra said.
The armed attackers were riding motorbikes and raising white banners bearing religious slogans used by ISIS, the source added.
“The wounded and dead militants were all Syrians except for a wounded leader, who was an Afghan,” the source noted.
After the attack, the Iranian-backed factions brought in support to comb the area, while the attackers fled towards the depth of the desert.
Most of the militants of the Iranian-backed factions, which are running large parts in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor, Palmyra, and Homs, hail from the near villages, and there are foreigners bearing Asian nationalities.
On August 21, five Syrian members of the government forces were killed and eight were arrested, including an Afghan member, in an ambush prepared by ISIS in the vicinity of al-Duwair town, east of Deir ez-Zor.