(ANSAmed) - BEIRUT, JANUARY 11 - A reported 20 Syrian
government soldiers have been killed over the past 48 hours in
clashes with ISIS insurgents in central Syria, according to the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The monitoring group said
that fighting was registered west of the eastern region of Dayr
az Zor. Meanwhile, according to the NGO, the Russian air force
supporting Syrian government forces has intensified over the
past few hours air raids against Syrian desert zones between
Hama and Dayr az Zor where insurgents affiliated to ISIS are
believed to be hiding.
Last Saturday, seven pro-Iranian militants affiliated to loyalist forces were killed in separate clashes with ISIS insurgents south-east of Dayr az Zor, along the valley of the Euphrates.
Since Friday, 15 government soldiers have been reported missing as they were travelling in central Syria, east of Hama, on a bus going to Raqqa. Local sources said that the 15 soldiers who went missing in the night between Friday and Saturday could have been captured by ISIS militants. Insurgents at the end of December killed 39 government soldiers along the same road between Hama and Raqqa in an attack against a convoy of buses.(ANSAmed). (ANSA).
Last Saturday, seven pro-Iranian militants affiliated to loyalist forces were killed in separate clashes with ISIS insurgents south-east of Dayr az Zor, along the valley of the Euphrates.
Since Friday, 15 government soldiers have been reported missing as they were travelling in central Syria, east of Hama, on a bus going to Raqqa. Local sources said that the 15 soldiers who went missing in the night between Friday and Saturday could have been captured by ISIS militants. Insurgents at the end of December killed 39 government soldiers along the same road between Hama and Raqqa in an attack against a convoy of buses.(ANSAmed). (ANSA).
