ISIS And Al Qaeda Forces Launch Separate Attacks That Killed 60 Syrian Soldiers Last Week

Al Jazeera: Separate attacks kill nearly 50 Syrian soldiers

In one attack, ISIL ambushed Syrian forces in the desert of central Homs province, setting off two days of clashes.

Syrian government forces came under separate attacks from ISIL and al-Qaeda-linked rebels in different parts of the country that killed nearly 50 soldiers and allied fighters.

In one attack, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters ambushed Syrian forces in the desert of central Homs province on Thursday night, setting off two days of clashes that killed 27 soldiers, including four officers, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday.

A pro-government militia, known as Liwa al-Quds, confirmed the ambush saying it had sent its fighters to liberate the two besieged battalions, made up of nearly 500 soldiers, east of the town of al-Sukhna.

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WNU Editor: These attacks mostly occurred in the central desert of Syria. The Syrian regime clearly does not control this region.

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