Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik
At least 20 terrorists of ISIS were killed as a result of recent military operations by the Syrian Arab Army and the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria’s central region, Al-Monitor reported on July 8.
A military official in a tribal militia allied with the government forces in the southern Raqqa countryside told the news outlet that the terrorists were killed in al-Bishri Mount.
“We are carrying on with this crackdown on IS in Jebel Bishri alongside the daily aerial bombardment by Russian planes. IS has incurred great losses recently; we have so far killed over 20 members and destroyed [several of] their motorbikes and military vehicles,” the source said. “I believe eliminating IS from Jebel Bishri is not an easy task. It requires an organized military campaign and huge forces to swoop the area so that we do not end up with another failed mission.”
Meanwhile, a media source close to the government forces told Al-Monitor that ISIS cells carried out more than 20 attacks on military positions as well as on military and civilian vehicles on roads leading to Raqqa, Homs, Hama and Deir Ezzor during June.
The deadliest attack took place on June 20. 14 Syrian service members and civilians were killed when ISIS terrorists ambushed a bus traveling from Raqqa to Homs.
The media source added that ISIS cells have been focusing on al-Bishri Mount, which lays along the administrative border between Raqqa and Deir Ezzor. According to the source, the terrorist group maintains hundreds of hideouts in the mountainous area.
While the recent Syrian-Russian operations in the southern Raqqa countryside have inflicted some serious losses on ISIS, they will not likely put an end to the terrorist group’s insurgency in the central region.
There are millions of them. try re-educating them and giving them jobs.
You can go to Idlib and try to re-educate them. Before they behead you.
Denmark recently beat France in a soccer game. Almost all the Danish players were white. They beat the best players of France and Africa! What would Jens Holms have to say about that?
IsRealHell must be crying at their loss of soldiets