Syrian Forces Kill Multiple Islamic State Leaders During Barracks Assault

government forces syrian several “leaders” of the jihadist group were killed today Islamic State (IS) when they were in a barracks belonging to the terrorist formation in the southern province of Deraa, reported the official news agency of the Arab country, SANA.

The operation was carried out in collaboration with local armed groups in the town of Yasim and is part of a broader operation to end the IS presence in the area, he said. FURYwhich cites an unnamed Syrian security source.

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Among the deceased are two jihadist “leaders” identified as Abu Muawiya al-Fali and Abu Khaled al-Idlibi, although the source did not provide the exact number of casualties inflicted on the extremist group during the assault on its headquarters.

Just yesterday, Russia, an ally of Damascus, announced that the forces of both countries killed around twenty IS members in another joint operation in Deraa province, according to the Russian state news agency. TASS.

The operation was organized in response to the explosion of an improvised explosive device planted last Thursday in a military bus belonging to Syrian troops, an action in which 18 soldiers were killed and 27 others were injured on the outskirts of Damascus.

Deraa borders the Rif Damascus region, where last week’s attack took place, and also the southwestern edge of the central Syrian desert.

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The vast Badia desert, which stretches across several Syrian provinces and also beyond the country’s borders, concentrates most of the jihadist cells still active in Syria more than three years after the group was territorially defeated in March 2019.

There, the Islamic State takes advantage of the terrain to launch ambushes and actions, and later retreat to its hiding places in caves and hills without suffering major consequences.

Source: Elcomercio

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