Around 30 Palestinians have been killed in the weekend surge of Israel-Gaza fighting
Five Syrian soldiers killed, 20 injured by Islamic State
Five Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 injured in a rocket attack by Islamic State militants on a military transport bus on Sunday in the east of the country at approximately 7 pm local time (1700 GMT), Syrian state media said on Monday.
Published : 3 Jan 2022, 07:25 AM
Updated : 3 Jan 2022, 07:25 AM
Islamic State, the hardline Islamist group that declared a caliphate straddling parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014, has lost all territory that was under its control in 2019.
However, the group continues to wage a low-level insurgency in both countries.
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