Syrian desert | Five regime soldiers killed and injured and combing operations led by Russian forces continue
Two regime soldiers were killed and three others were injured, as a result of the explosion of an IED in a military vehicle in Al-Asharah desert in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, during a combing operation in the Syrian desert.
Combing operations continue in the Syrian desert, carried out by regime forces and gunmen loyal to them, led by the 25th Special Tasks Division, the National Defence Forces, and the two military divisions (11 and 18), led by Russian forces, with air support from Russian fighters.
According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2024 has increased to 429; and they are as follows:
29 ISIS members were killed by regime forces and their proxy militias.
357 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 33 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen, were killed in 141 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: 49 operations left 132 fatalities:
106 combatants, including 12 Iranian-backed militiamen.
Eight ISIS members.
18 civilians, including 17 truffle pickers, among them there was a woman.
-Homs desert: 65 operations left 205 fatalities:
171 combatants, including 15 Iranian-backed militiamen.
18 ISIS members.
16 civilians, including two truffle pickers.
-Al-Raqqah desert: 17 operations left 46 fatalities:
41 combatants, including two Iranian-backed militiamen.
Three ISIS members.
Two civilian truffle pickers.
-Hama desert: Ten operations left 41 fatalities:
34combatants, including an Iranian-backed militiaman.
Seven civilians, including a child.
-Aleppo: Two operations left five combatants, including three Iranian-backed militiamen, dead.