6 Iran-Backed Militants Killed in Attack in Central Syria
Six members of the Iran-backed Fatemiyoun Division militia were killed and four others injured in central Syria on Friday night.
The Division emerged in Syria in
2014 and is affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. It takes
part in combat missions in Iran’s areas of influence west of the Euphrates
River in the Deir Ezzor governorate, Al Bukamal city, border areas with Iraq
and some desert areas east of the Homs governorate.
According to the opposition Ain
al-Furat news network, warplanes carried out 22 air strikes on unknown
locations south of al-Sukhnah area, east of Palmyra city in the eastern Homs
countryside.
The strikes followed an almost
one-hour long attack by “unidentified” gunmen, using heavy weapons and
missiles, against the Fatemiyoun headquarters on the outskirts of al-Sukhnah.
No party has claimed
responsibility for the attack, in which six militants were killed and four
others were injured. The casualties were transferred to the Palmyra Military
Hospital.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights reported the explosion of a land mine that wounded regime
forces in the Palmyra countryside.
The explosion took place during
the ongoing combing operations in search for ISIS militants in several desert
areas in Syria.
“Russian warplanes launched intensive
bombardment on the Syrian desert late on Friday,” the war monitor said.
It reported more than 30 air
strikes in the Palmyra countryside, Ithriya in eastern Hama and the al-Resafa
desert in the Raqqa countryside.
More than 100 air strikes have
been carried out in the past few days, it revealed. Russia carried out 7o
strikes on May 26 alone.
Five ISIS militants were killed in
the raids and others were wounded amid continuous Russian overflights.
