At least 13 killed in attack on military bus in central Syria
2022-03-07 11:20:40Source: Xinhuanet
Xinhua News Agency, Damascus, March 6 (Syria News Agency) reported on the 6th that a military bus was attacked in Homs province in central Syria on the same day, killing 13 Syrian soldiers and wounding 18.
The report quoted Syrian military sources as saying that a military bus was hit by a terrorist attack in the desert area east of Palmyra, Homs Province that afternoon, killing 13 soldiers, including several Syrian officers, and 18 others. Hurt.
According to the “Syrian Observatory for Human Rights” headquartered in the United Kingdom, the military bus that was attacked belonged to the Syrian government forces, and the remnants of the extremist organization “Islamic State” launched the attack under the cover of sand and dust weather in the desert. With most of the injured in serious condition, the death toll is likely to rise.
The “Islamic State” lost its last major stronghold in Syria, the town of Baghouz in eastern Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, in March 2019, but its remnants are still hiding in the desert and launching attacks from time to time. According to reports, since 2019, more than 1,600 Syrian military personnel and others have been killed in attacks by the “Islamic State” in the Syrian desert.