At least 20 dead in a car bomb attack by the Islamic State in eastern Syria

At least 20 people are deadn Thursday, the explosion of a car bomb in the Shahil region (Deir al Zur province, northeastern Syria), At the time of pbadage of a convoy in which oil engineers were traveling, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said.

The Observatory indicated that among the deceased, there was at least six members of the Kurdish self-defense forces, who operate in the Kurdish-administered area and that the number of deaths could increase as several people were seriously injured.

The jihadist group Islamic State (ISIS, for its acronym) was attributed to the attack via a message on the social network Telegram.

In a brief statement, The Islamic State claimed that its "soldiers" blew up a car bomb against a patrol of Kurdish militiaand killed at least 15 of his troops.

"The battle is always difficult, until the defeat of the armies crossed ", badured the Islamic State with reference to the foreign troops present in Syria and its allies.

The Observatory reported in recent days attacks on the Syrian Democratic Forces (FSD), an alliance of mostly Kurdish militias, by ISIS cells in Deir al Zur zones controlled by the Kurds.

He also reported that The FSD raided Thursday in the city of Shahil, in which they arrested three citizens of Iraqi nationality, who are members of the Islamic State, who were hiding in a house and trying to flee the area.

FSD helicopter coverage of US-led international coalition, which supports militias in the fight against ISIS.

The militias and the international coalition have succeeded in snatching from jihadists almost all the territories that dominated east of the Euphrates in Deir al Zur and they are currently surrounded in the town of Al Baguz, the last redoubt of Isis.