On February 10, ISIS cells in central Syria ambushed a convoy of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the eastern Homs countryside.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an officer and two soldiers of the army were killed in the ambush. The London-based monitoring group said that the death toll from the ambush may rise as many soldiers were badly wounded by the terrorists’ fire.

The ambush came following a series of Russian airstrikes that targeted hideouts of ISIS in the outskirts of the town of Ithriyah in the eastern Hama countryside and near the town of al-Resafa in the southern countryside of Raqqa. The Russian airstrikes claimed the lives of nine terrorists and wounded more than 20 others.

Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces have carried out more than 236 airstrikes on ISIS cells and their hideouts in central Syria since beginning of February.

The intense Russian airstrikes coupled with bad weather conditions forced ISIS cells in central Syria to halt their operations for around a week. Now however, the terrorists are once again launching attacks in the region, confirming that their insurgency will not end soon.

Source: South Front