32 killed in blasts targeting Sweida, its southern countryside
Thirty two persons were killed in a series of blasts
targeting the Syrian city of Sweida and its southern countryside, the
London-base Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the marketplace
of Sweida but the Syrian forces managed to kill two other terrorists before
detonating themselves.
Also, militants attacked three villages in the
countryside, killing and wounding a number of people.
Meanwhile, French Brigadier General Frederic
Parisot, the director of civil-military operations for Combined Joint Task
Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, said the Daesh group holds an area of about
30 kilometers x10 kilometers in eastern Deir el Zour province, stretching from
the town of Hajin to al-Bukamal.
Parisot said he did not know the number of Daesh
fighters in the area, but cautioned that the fighting could continue for at
least two or three months.
The French general added that coalition should stay
in Iraq and Syria once Daesh is completely defeated to ensure that the group
does not regain the ability to hold terrain.
