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| 15 Soldiers Dead in Syria Attack on Military Bus |
| 2022-03-08 |
Fifteen soldiers have died in an Islamic State group attack on an army bus in the central Syrian desert, a war monitor said, as state media reported a "terrorist attack". Despite the fall of IS's "caliphate" in 2019, the group continues to launch deadly attacks from hideouts in the Syrian desert, which extends from the outskirts of the capital Damascus to the Iraqi border. IS cells "attacked a military bus" in the Palmyra desert, "killing 15 soldiers and wounding 18 others", the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. State news agency SANA had reported 13 dead "including officers" and 18 wounded in a "terrorist attack" on a military bus on Sunday afternoon. The Observatory, which relies on a network of sources across the country, said the death toll could rise as most of the soldiers were "seriously wounded". IS did not immediately claim responsibility for the attack. Read the rest at the link |
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