Illustrative image. (The Russian Ministry of Defense)
Warplanes of the Syrian Arab Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out on June 1 a series of airstrikes against ISIS cells in Syria’s central region.
According to Syrian media, the strikes targeted hideouts of the terrorist group between the al-Amur mountains and the town of al-Sukhnah in the eastern countryside of Homs. The strikes killed a number of militants and destroyed several vehicle-mounted machine guns, motorcycles and other military equipment.
Attacks on government forces in the central region increased recently. At least 21 fighters of the Quds Brigade, a pro-government armed faction of mostly Palestinian fighters in Syria, were killed in an ambush on April 18 near the town of al-Sukhna in the eastern Homs countryside. The attack was blamed on ISIS. And on May 3 at least 13 fighters of the National Defense Forces were killed in an attack by suspected militants of ISIS in the area of al-Kum, to the north of al-Sukhnah.
Intensive Syrian and Russian airstrikes targeted ISIS cells and even U.S.-linked militants in the central region the past months.
In addition, Syrian Arab Army deployed in recent weeks large reinforcements, including units from the elite 25th Special Mission Forces Division -commonly known as the Tiger Forces-, in the central region, mainly between the eastern countryside of Homs and the western Deir Ezzor countryside.
Despite recent efforts to counter ISIS in the central region, it is still unclear if Syrian government forces and their allies are planning to launch a full-on military operation against the terrorist group’s cells and other militants there.
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this is not the solution. the complete areas with isis have to be monitored with recon and attack drones. this can only be solved with technology not with legacy soldiers.
the solution is to bomb and eliminate us bases in syria (and iraq). isis will disappear overnight.