IS kills 27 Syrian army soldiers near Palmyra: Human rights monitor
By AFP | Published: 24th December 2016
BEIRUT: The Islamic State group killed 27 Syrian soldiers and allied militiamen in a series of attacks near Palmyra in the past 24 hours, a monitor said on Friday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said IS began launching attacks on Syrian regime forces and their allies on Thursday night and that clashes were ongoing.
IS targeted several villages with a majority population from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite clan, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
The jihadists were trying to "totally surround" the Tayfur military airport and "cut its supply route," said Abdel Rahman.
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We got so much news out of Aleppo, you would have thought the war was over, here, the battle still rages in Palmyra which IS took back. And very sad news if this happened. I thought IS was getting weaker. Maybe in Iraq. And yes, they are weaker in Syria but still there.
