Syrian opposition war monitors and pro-government media said suspected Islamic State members attacked three Syrian government military positions, killing at least 13 people. .
BEIRUT — Suspected members of the Islamic State group attacked three Syrian government military strongholds and a pro-government armed group early Friday, rebel war monitors and pro-government media reported. attacked and killed at least 13 people.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said some people were injured in the attack and taken to a hospital in the central province of Homs. The newspaper said 15 people were killed in attacks on three posts near Sukna, the central city, and that IS was responsible.
The conflicting casualty numbers could not be immediately reconciled.
Pro-government media outlets Asr Press and Sham FM reported that 13 soldiers and pro-government militants were killed in the attack, and that IS militants were behind it. They did not provide further details.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the area was once a stronghold of the extremist group, which was formally defeated in Syria in March 2019.
However, IS sleeper cells are accused of carrying out deadly attacks against Syrian government forces and members of the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in eastern Syria.
In 2014, IS declared a caliphate in large parts of Syria and Iraq, drawing thousands of supporters from around the world to join it.
Last month, 22 people were killed in an IS attack on pro-government Palestinian fighters near Sukhna.
