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ISIS fighters have destroyed two vehicles of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in eastern Homs with an anti-tank mine and an improvised-explosive device (IED), the terrorist groups’ news agency, Amaq, reported on June 1.
According to Amaq, several Syrian service members were killed and injured in the two separate attacks, which took place east of the town of al-Sukhnah.
The terrorist group went on to claim that its fighters captured a third vehicle in an ambush west of al-Sukhnah. Four SAA soldiers were reportedly killed there.
Earlier this week, ISIS cells in the Homs desert launched a large-scale attack on the area of al-Faydah in southwestern Deir Ezzor. The army repelled the attack after more than six hours of heavy clashes, during which several soldiers were killed.
Amaq said that these attacks were a part of a new military campaign called Ghazwat Al-Aistinzaf [the Battle of Attrition], which began on May 31. The campaign appears to be aimed against the SAA and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
