New attack | IS*IS cells target position of “National Defence” in Al-Bushra Desert

Deir Ezzor province: ISIS cells launched a violent attack on positions of the “National Defence” in Al-Bushra Desert western of Deir Ezzor, where violent clashes erupted as regime forces brought military reinforcements to the site of the attack to prevent ISIS cells from advancing and clashing with nearby checkpoints. However, no casualties were reported.

According to SOHR statistics, the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2024 has increased to 458; and they are as follows:

– 29 ISIS members, three of whom were killed in Russian airstrikes and the others were killed by regime forces and their proxy militias.

– 383 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 33 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen and three members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, were killed in 157 operations by ISIS members, including ambushes, armed attacks, and explosions, in west Euphrates region and the deserts of Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah, Homs.

– 46 civilians, including a child, a sorcerer and a woman, were killed in attacks by ISIS in the Syrian Desert.

Here is a regional distribution of ISIS attacks:

-Deir Ezzor desert: 53 operations left 136 fatalities:

109 combatants, including 12 Iranian-backed militiamen.

Eight ISIS members.

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

-Homs desert: 73 operations left 220 fatalities:

186 combatants, including 15 Iranian-backed militiamen.

18 ISIS members.

16 civilians, including two truffle pickers.

-Al-Raqqah desert: 18 operations left 54 fatalities:

47 combatants, including two Iranian-backed militiamen.

Three ISIS members.

Four civilians, including two truffle pickers.

-Hama desert: 11 operations left 42 fatality:

35 combatant, including an Iranian-backed militiaman.

Seven civilians, including a child.

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