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ISIS cells abducted three sheepherders, stole 400 sheep and set a tractor on fire during an attack in Syria’s central region on July 29, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The London-based monitoring group said that the attack took place near the town of Madan Atiq in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor.
Following the attack, the Syrian military deployed a large force in the region and launched a search operation to rescue the three shepherds.
ISIS cells in central Syria stepped up their attacks earlier this year, killing hundreds of people in the desert region. Most of the victims were civilian truffle hunters or sheepherders. Looting was most likely the main motive behind these terrorist attacks.
On April 16, ISIS terrorists killed five shepherds near the village of Bouqras in the southern Deir Ezzor countryside. The terrorists also shot 250 sheep and looted the rest during the attack.
ISIS has been waging an insurgency in central Syria for around five years. Recently, the terrorist group expanded its influence to the country’s southern region and even resumed its activities within the capital. On July 28, the group claimed responsibility for two bombings near a Shia shrine in Damascus outskirts that claimed the lives of six people and left 22 others wounded.
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