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AN ATTACK by suspected Islamic State (Isis) terrorists killed 22 pro-government fighters in central Syria today.
Gunmen attacked a bus carrying members of the Quds Brigade, a government and Russian-backed faction of mostly Palestinian fighters in Syria, near the town of Sukhna on Thursday night.
Sukhna was once an Isis stronghold.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but both the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based opposition war monitor, and pro-government radio station Sham FM reported that Isis was behind the attack.
Sham FM said that all of those killed were Quds Brigade fighters, while the observatory said that the majority belonged to the group.
The Quds Brigade have fought on the side of government forces during Syria’s 13-year conflict, which has killed half a million people and displaced half of the pre-war population of 23 million.
Despite being officially defeated in Syria in March 2019, Isis sleeper cells have been blamed for deadly attacks against both government troops and the US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces militia alliance.
