An attack on a military bus in Syria’s east killed 23 government soldiers and wounded 10 more, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) war monitor blamed on Friday on the Islamic State group, which operates sleeper cells in those countries. governs those whom he once ruled.
The attack took place near the city of al-Mayadeen in the vast desert province of Der Ezzor, which is divided under control between Syrian troops backed by Iran and Russia, and Kurdish-led fighters backed by the United States.
SOHR called it the deadliest attack by the Islamic State so far this year. The group, which had controlled large parts of Syria and neighboring Iraq since 2013, has gone underground since losing its last territory in eastern Syria in 2019.