{"id":95444,"date":"2023-03-27T08:15:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T08:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=95444"},"modified":"2023-03-27T08:15:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T08:15:56","slug":"ied-blast-in-central-syria-kills-3-iranian-backed-militiamen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/95444\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>IED blast in central Syria kills 3 Iranian-backed militiamen &nbsp;<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>Three militants of the Iranian-backed Liwa Fatemiyoun militia were killed, and two others were injured on Sunday by an IED attack against their vehicle in the eastern countryside of Homs in central Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A military source of the Liwa Fatemiyoun said the IED was planted near one of their headquarters in the Sukhnah desert in the eastern countryside of Homs. The IED exploded when the militia&#8217;s military vehicle passed nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The explosion caused the death of three militants who hail from the countryside of Homs and the injury of two others. The wounded were taken to a field hospital in Palmyra and are in &#8220;critical&#8221; condition, according to the source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iranian-backed militias advanced military reinforcements to the desert and arrested several suspected truffle hunters for investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two days earlier, six members of the National Defense Forces (NDF) affiliated with the Syrian government forces were wounded in an IED explosion near Badia Nadera, south of Jabal al-Bashari, in the western countryside of Deir ez-Zor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These kind of attacks are usually carried out by ISIS sleeper cells, which continue to attack the government forces and Iranian-backed militants in the Syrian Badia by planting IEDs and setting ambushes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Hatem Bashar<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Three militants of the Iranian-backed Liwa Fatemiyoun militia were killed, and two others were injured on Sunday by an IED attack against their vehicle in the eastern countryside of Homs in central Syria. 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