ISIS Attack leaves 53 Dead in Central Syria
HOMS, Syria (North Press) – On Friday, 53 people, including Syrian government soldiers, were killed in an armed attack by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in the town of Sukhnah in the eastern countryside of Homs.
A military source told North Press that “53 people, including military personnel, died in the city of Sukhnah in the eastern countryside of Homs in central Syria.”
The source added that 46 civilians and seven government soldiers were taken to Palmyra Hospital following the attack by ISIS militants.
The victims were picking truffles in the desert at the time of the sudden attack. “They were brutally murdered, whereas the government forces died during the clash with the ISIS militants,” the source noted.
Lately, the Syrian Desert has been witnessing daily attacks by ISIS sleeper cells against people, government facilities and headquarters, and Iranian military positions despite repeated combing operations by the government forces.
Iranian-backed militias control large areas of the Syrian Desert and the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, after expulsion of the ISIS from the area in 2017.