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At least thirty members of the Syrian regime forces were killed on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 in an attack on a bus in which they were traveling in the Syrian Badia on the Homs-Deir al-Zour highway (east), according to the Observatory Syrian Human Rights, attributing the attack to the Islamic State.
For its part, the Official Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported that a bus was the target of a “terrorist attack” in the governorate of Deir Ezzor (east), killing “25 citizens” and wounding another 13.
“It is one of the bloodiest attacks since the elimination of ISIS in March 2019,” Syrian Observatory director Rami Abdel-Rahman told France Press.
He added that the attack took place in the aforementioned province, near the town of Al-Shula, and noted that the jihadists “ambushed” the soldiers by firing bullets and detonating bombs.
The observatory reported that two other buses with soldiers managed to escape. The extremist organization has not yet denounced the attack through its usual Telegram channels.
Since its defeat in Syria in March 2019, ISIS has been carrying out periodic attacks, especially in the Badia region, which stretches between the Homs (center) and Deir Ezzor (east) governorates.
These attacks are targeting the Syrian military, fighters loyal to it, and Kurdish forces that had Washington’s support to counter ISIS.
In August, ISIS claimed an attack that killed a high-ranking Russian officer and wounded two soldiers near the city of Deir ez-Zor.
In early July, violent clashes between the two parties in the Badia region left 20 dead among pro-regime forces and 31 among jihadists.
In April, 27 members of the regime forces were killed in an attack by the extremist organization in the vicinity of the desert city of Al-Sukhnah (central), which is controlled by the Syrian army.
