Daesh Claims First Attack on Syria’s New Government in Suwayda
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Daesh terror group has claimed responsibility for its first attack on the forces of Syria’s new government, marking a potential resurgence of terrorism threats following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.
Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) said on Thursday it carried out a roadside bombing that targeted a military vehicle in Suwayda province, southern Syria, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors terrorists’ communications.
The militant group said in a statement that “a roadside bomb planted earlier by the soldiers of the caliphate” detonated against a vehicle belonging to what it called “the apostate Syrian regime.”
SITE described the incident as ISIS’s first attack against the new Syrian government, which assumed power after Assad’s ouster in December last year.
The explosion occurred on Wednesday and left one soldier dead and three others from the Syrian Army’s 70th Division wounded.
Although attacks by ISIS have been rare in areas controlled by the new government, the group has continued operations in northeast Syria, targeting Kurdish forces.
In a related development, Syrian officials announced earlier this week that a sleeper cell affiliated with ISIS had been arrested near Damascus.
