IS counterattack in east Syria leaves 32 dead: monitor
AFP Tony GAMAL-GABRIEL,AFP Mon, Jan 7 6:21 PM CST
Beirut (AFP) - Die-hard jihadists defending their last bastions in eastern Syria used the cover of bad weather to launch a vain but deadly counterattack against Kurdish-led fighters.
The Islamic State group was unable to hold on to the positions they attacked but the assault killed 23 members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and also left nine jihadists dead.
IS fighters took advantage of poor visibility to unleash suicide attackers on SDF forces along the front line in the Euphrates valley late on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday.
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There have been a few of these types of skirmishes in recent months.
