Six members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRG) had been killed and greater than 14 others had been injured on Saturday night in an armed assault within the Syrian desert, AlWASL information web site reported.
The positioning quoted discipline sources as saying that the assault occurred whereas the convoy was heading from Damascus Worldwide Airport’ in direction of the Palmyra desert within the Homs countryside, noting that the convoy consisted of ten four-wheel drive autos loaded with militants, along with two armoured autos and a car loaded with weapons and ammunition”.
In keeping with the location, armed militants focused the convoy after it had crossed the town of Al-Dameer utilizing machine weapons and anti-aircraft weapons, whereas clashes continued for about 20 minutes.
The attackers fled deep into the desert after killing six militants, together with an Iranian discipline commander named Hajj Jabbar Abu Farshad, along with the harm of greater than 14 members of various levels and inflicting materials damages.
Following the assault, the Iranian militias cordoned off the place, and launched a broad combing marketing campaign after bringing in large reinforcements from the Damascus and Homs countryside.
Because the starting of this yr, the Iranian militias have been subjected to a number of assaults by militants believed to be affiliated with the Islamic State militant group.
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