The attack carried out by the jihadist group self-styled «Islamic State» (IS) against a contingent of the Syrian army killed 33 soldiers Last Thursday, an NGO reported this Saturday that it revised upwards a previous balance of 26 deaths.
It is ambushed against a military bus It is the deadliest attack perpetrated this year by the jihadist group against government forces, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH).
“The death toll of the attack on the army bus rose to 33 soldiers,” he reported. Rami Abdul Rahmanwhich directs the OSDHan NGO based in the United Kingdombut who has a network of informants on the ground.
The jihadists surrounded the vehicle in the desert, near mayadinin the Syrian province of Deir Ezorand fired, reported Friday the OSDH.
The jihadist organization lost its last stronghold in 2019 in Syriabut it has strongholds in the vast Syrian desert, from where it launches ambushes and hit-and-run attacks.
He jihadist group claimed responsibility for the attack on Friday, in a statement issued by Amaqhis propaganda organ, and claimed that his fighters ambushed “two military buses” in an attack “with heavy weapons and rocket-propelled grenades.”
As he explained to the afp Abdul Rahmanthe group IE “It has intensified its lethal attacks against the military (…) seeking to leave as many dead as possible.”
For Rahman, the jihadists want to show that IS “is still active and powerful despite the death of its leaders.”
The group IE announced at the beginning of August the death of his boss, Abu al Hussein al Hussein al Qurashiin a confrontation in the northwest of Syria.
The conflict in Syria began in 2011 when the government of Bashar al-Assad suppressed a wave of peaceful protests. This war evolved into a complex conflict involving foreign powers and several jihadist groups.
Since then more than half a million people have died and more than half of the population that had Syria Before the war, they had to flee their homes, many of them to neighboring countries and even to the European Union.
