AFP, Beirut :
At least 20 Islamist State (IS) group members were killed in the second failed jihadist bid in a month to take over an air base in eastern Syria, a monitoring group said Sunday.
“The IS tried, starting late Saturday, to storm
the air base. A total of 20 jihadists were killed in the attack, as well as two regime soldiers,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Nineteen of the IS members were Syrian, while one was Moroccan.
They were killed in fighting and heavy army shelling.
“The withdrawing jihadists seized and took with them several anti-aircraft missiles,” said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.
At least 20 Islamist State (IS) group members were killed in the second failed jihadist bid in a month to take over an air base in eastern Syria, a monitoring group said Sunday.
“The IS tried, starting late Saturday, to storm
the air base. A total of 20 jihadists were killed in the attack, as well as two regime soldiers,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Nineteen of the IS members were Syrian, while one was Moroccan.
They were killed in fighting and heavy army shelling.
“The withdrawing jihadists seized and took with them several anti-aircraft missiles,” said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.
