Five soldiers killed in Syria attack: monitor

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Al-Araby

A general and four soldiers were killed Sunday in an attack in eastern Syria, a where jihadist groups are active, a war monitor said. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a bomb exploded close to the vehicle carrying the five troops in Deir Ezzor province. The attack comes a day after the Islamic State group killed 13 fighters loyal to the Syrian government in an ambush also in Deir Ezzor, in the desert area of Masrib, the Observatory said. Despite the fall of IS’s so-called caliphate in 2019, the group continues to launch deadly attacks from hideouts in the Syrian Desert…

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