Islamic State Militants Kill 35 Soldiers in Syria

Voice of America
20 Apr 2019, 17:36 GMT+10

BEIRUT - Islamic State attacks on the Syrian army and allied militias in central Syria have killed 35 soldiers over two days, a war monitor said early Saturday.

Although Islamic State lost its last territorial enclave in Syria at Baghuz near the Iraqi border last month to U.S.-backed forces, it still has fighters holding out in the remote central desert.

The monitor, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the attacks constituted Islamic States biggest military operation since losing Baghuz and involved assaults in several parts of central Syria.

The most intense attack was in the al-Koum area north of the ancient desert city of Palmyra, the Observatory said, where Islamic State militants killed 15 Syrian army and allied soldiers.

Islamic State said in a message on its Amaq news outlet Friday that it had killed 20 Syrian soldiers and injured others in the al-Sukhna region between Palmyra and Deir al-Zor in an ambush and clashes.

Syrian state news outlets did not carry any reports of Islamic State attacks or of deaths among pro-government forces in clashes with the militant group.

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