A military source said in a statement to SANA reporter that “a terrorist group targeted a military bus on Thursday in al-badia on the second station road, southeast of Deir Ezzor, which led to the martyrdom and injury of a number of soldiers.”
At least 23 Syrian soldiers have been killed in an attack blamed on Islamic State (IS) militants in eastern Syria, reports say.
The jihadists surrounded a military bus in eastern Deir al-Zour province before opening fire.
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In a prior report, a security source informed Sputnik on Friday that 20 soldiers were killed and 10 others were injured in the ambush in eastern Syria.
ReplyDeleteThe toll later increased to 25 martyrs from the Syrian Arab Army due to an attack by Daesh terrorists in the Deir ez-Zor desert.