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April 22, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/is-militants-ambush-syrian-government-troops-kill-scores/2019/04/20/613e4f32-6359-11e9-bf24-db4b9fb62aa2_story.html

Militant Attacks Kill nearly 50 Syrian and Allied Soldiers

(AP-Washington Post) Syrian government forces came under separate attacks from Islamic State militants and al-Qaeda-linked insurgents that killed nearly 50 soldiers and allied fighters. Beginning on Thursday, clashes with ISIS in the desert in Homs province killed 27 soldiers. Separately, insurgents of al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahir al-Sham attacked government forces in northwest Syria, where a cease-fire is supposed to be in place, killing 21 soldiers and allied fighters.

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