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Gunmen ambush bus carrying Syrian soldiers, killing 23

11 August 2023 13:23 (UTC +04:00)

Several Syrian soldiers were killed on Thursday after suspected jihadis from the extremist "Islamic State" (IS) group attacked the bus they were traveling on in eastern Deir Ezzor province, a Britain-based monitor said on Friday, APA reports citing Deutsche Welle.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack killed "23 soldiers and wounded more than 10 others," while many others were missing. Some of the wounded were in critical condition, according to the Observatory, which gathers information from a wide network of sources inside Syria.

IS has recently stepped up its attacks in the north and northeast, using hideouts in the Syrian desert as its bases after losing the last swathes of territory it controlled in 2019.

Earlier this week, the Observatory reported that an IS attack in the group's former stronghold of Raqqa province had killed 10 Syrian soldiers and pro-government fighters.