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At least one hundred and two people, mainly pro-regime local fighters, were killed in an attack by the Organization of Islamic State in the governorate of Swaida, controlled by the regime's forces in the south from Syria. Rami Abdul Rahman told Agence France-Presse that it was "the largest number of war victims in Swaida province" in 2011, noting that "35 civilians and 67 Loyalists armed with the regime, mostly locals took up arms. "
The observatory reported earlier that 32 people were killed, however
Abdel Rahman said that "three explosions with explosive belts targeted the only town in Suweida, while the other explosions occurred in villages in the east and northeast before the explosion occurred. Islamic organization launches an attack on these villages ".
Government forces control the entire province of Suweida in southern Syria, while fighters of the extremist organization in a desert area on the outskirts of the northeastern province attack from time to time the forces of the regime.
But this attack with suicide bombings is according to Abdul Rahman, one of the biggest attacks of the Organization of the Islamic State in Syria for months after losing most of its control .
Abdel Rahman explained that the target area was living and close to the city of Suweida, pointing out that the extremist organization managed to control the three out of seven villages launched an attack against them.
The official Syrian news agency (SANA) confirmed the deaths and injuries in the city of Suweida. Syrian state television has also reported deaths and injuries in attacks on villages in northeastern Suweida.
Syrian state television reported that "units of the Syrian Arab Army targeting organizational points calling the terrorist in the eastern countryside of the province (…) and deal with of the attack ".
Military planes are not known if Syria or Russia, according to Abdul Rahman, are sites where jihadists advance in the region.
A loyal faction of the Islamic State controls a small pocket in the southwestern Daraa governorate, near Suwayda, bombed by Russian and Syrian bombers for several days to expel jihadists after recovering most of the provinces of Daraa and Quneitra. South Syria
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