ISIS Raids Wound, Killed SAA Servicemen In Syria’s Deir Ezzor
A Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldier was killed and several others seriously were wounded in eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor in an attack by suspected militants of ISIS.
Early in the morning of September 11, ISIS terrorist group raided Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) chekpoints between the city of Al-Mayadin and the village of Quriyah.
According to local sources, ISIS terrorists employed light and medium machine guns in attacks.
As result of clashes, an SAA serviceman was killed and three others were wounded. ISIS militants subsequently retreated to the desert areas in the western outskirts of Al-Mayadin.
ISIS has not yet claimed responsibility for the attack. However, the main terrorist group active in the Syrian desert is ISIS and these attacks are clearly carried out by ISIS.
In recent months, ISIS stepped up its attacks in central Syria.
Two individuals riding a motorcycle attacked oil tankers near the town of al-Dahla on September 10. The attack caused material damages
Seven SAA soldiers were killed in two separate attacks close to the town of Ithriyah in the eastern Homs countryside on September 5. On the same day, a shepherd was killed and two others were wounded as a result of an attack in the area of al-Buhamad in the southern Raqqa countryside. Both attacks were blamed on ISIS.
The Syrian military has already reinforced its positions in the central region and resumed strikes against ISIS cells and their hideouts there in cooperation with Russian forces.
On September 6, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes against hideouts used by the terrorist group close to the town of Madan in the eastern Raqqa countryside and the town of Rasafa in the southern countryside of the governorate.
In recent years, despite the continuous efforts by the Syrian army and Russian Aerospace Forces, the Syrian desert have witnessed the daily operations by ISIS elements against civilians, and military installations. Hundreds of Syrian army forces and allies were killled and wounded, but the terrorist group’s insurgency will not likely end any time soon.
It seems the terrorist group’s cells receive support from their comrades in the northeastern region which is held by the U.S. and its proxy, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Also, the Syrian and Russian officials repeatedly accused U.S. forces in the southeastern area of al-Tanf of training and even arming militants, including members of ISIS.
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