Escalating ISIS activities in Syria desert | Four regime soldiers killed in two attacks

Two regime soldiers were killed in an attack by ISIS cells on military positions of regime forces in Al-Bukamal desert.

 

Meanwhile, two members of regime forces were killed by the explosion of a landmine, planted earlier by ISIS members, in a motorcycle near Al-Baoueib well which separates regime-held areas from the 55-kilometer de-confliction zone which is under the control of International Coalition Forces in Homs desert.

 

The Syrian desert is witnessing a widespread proliferation of “ISIS” cells and gunmen loyal to the Iranian militias, from which attacks and surprise operations against civilians and soldiers are launched.

 

According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2024 has increased to 401; and they are as follows:

 

• 29 ISIS members were killed by regime forces and their proxy militias.

 

• 329 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 33 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen, were killed in 136 operations by ISIS members, including ambushes, armed attacks, and explosions, in west Euphrates region and the deserts of Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah, Homs.

 

• 43 civilians, including a child and a woman, were killed in attacks by ISIS in the Syrian desert.

 

Here is a regional distribution of ISIS attacks:

 

-Deir Ezzor desert: 47 operations left 127 fatalities:

 

• 101 combatants, including 12 Iranian-backed militiamen.

 

• Eight ISIS members.

 

• 18 civilians, including 17 truffle pickers, among them there was a woman.

 

-Homs desert: 63 operations left 184 fatalities:

 

• 151 combatants, including 15 Iranian-backed militiamen.

 

• 18 ISIS members.

 

• 16 civilians, including two truffle pickers.

 

-Al-Raqqah desert: 16 operations left 45 fatalities:

 

• 40 combatants, including two Iranian-backed militiamen.

 

• Three ISIS members.

 

• Two civilian truffle pickers.

 

-Hama desert: Nine operations left 39 fatalities:

 

• 32 combatants, including an Iranian-backed militiaman.

 

• Seven civilians, including a child.

 

-Aleppo: Two operations left five combatants, including three Iranian-backed militiamen, dead.