The Islamic State killed about 100 people in southwestern Syria

Beirut – The armed group of the Islamic State killed on Wednesday a hundred people in a series of attacks around the city of Sweida, a region of southwestern Syrian government-controlled, according to ISIS and a number of local government sources. Overall, about 96 people were killed and 176 others were injured as a result of a number of suicide bombings of the Islamic State, said the head of the Sweida's health authority on pro-Damascus FM radio. 19659002] The Syrian Observer for Human Rights (SOHR) monitors the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (HRD), made a different statement to say 156 people were killed. On the other hand, Daesh in his written broadcast claimed to have killed more than 100 people.

In the northern suburbs of Sweida City, the Islamic State launched simultaneous attacks on several villages and briefly hired government troops. Meanwhile in the city center, at least two people have launched suicide bombings, one near another temporary market in a different district. The SANA news agency reported that two other members of the Islamic State had been killed before detonating explosives.

According to the SOHR, ISIS abducted a number of people in the villages that they attacked. Among the dead were 41 civilians

"The city of Sweida is now safe and quiet," Governor Sweida Amer al-Eshi told Ikhbariyah TV (19659005). all the territories they controlled in Syria for losing to Syrian government troops backed by Russia and the coalition of US-backed militias.

Since then, President Bashar al-Assad has launched an aggressive military campaign in militant enclaves near Damascus and Homs, in addition to pushing them out of the southwestern region.

After losing a lot of territory, the IS organized largely guerrilla operations from their enclaves in the desert

. of the desert zone located to the north-east of the city. (19659002) With the help of the Russian Air Force, the Syrian Army has managed to repel the forces of the Islamic State around Sweida, which is near of the Golan Heights.

The southwestern region of Syria that is still under the authority of ISIS is Yarmouk Basin.

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