Death toll update | 11 people including afghani people kil-led in clashes with IS-IS

SOHR activists have documented the death of 11 people in clashes that erupted today between regime forces and its loyal militias on one hand and ISIS cells on the other hand in the Syrian desert. The details of the casualties are as follows:
• One regime soldier
• Eight Syrian and Afghani members of Iran-backed militias
• Two ISIS cells
According to reliable SOHR sources, the casualties were taken to the National Hospital in Palmyra in eastern Homs countryside, before being moved to Homs Military Hospital, with ISIS members fleeing to the deepest parts of the Syrian desert.

A few hours ago, SOHR activists reported that five members of Iranian-backed militias and two ISIS members were killed in violent clashes between regime forces and Iranian militias on one hand and ISIS cells on the other hand within the Syrian desert.

According to reliable SOHR sources, the operation came after a double attack starting from Al-Sokhna city all the way to the third fuel station that is known as the “Arabic Line” extending from Iraq to refineries of Homs in the desert, amid ongoing violent clashes between both sides.

According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2022 has increased to 393; and they are as follows:

• 157 ISIS members were killed in Russian airstrikes on ISIS hideouts in the deserts of Homs, Al-Suwaidaa, Hama, Al-Raqqah, Deir Ezzor and Aleppo.

• 236 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 27 Iranian-backed Syrian and non-Syrian militiamen, were killed in 91 operations by ISIS members, including ambushes, armed attacks, and explosions, in west Euphrates region and the deserts of Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah, Homs, Al-Suwaidaa, Hama and Aleppo.

• Four civilians were killed in attacks by ISIS in the Syrian desert.