Suspected Daesh attack kills two SDF fighters in east Syria
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\nThe Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reported that two of their fighters were killed in a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) attack in eastern Syria\u2019s Deir ez-Zor province on Wednesday, Rudaw reported. According to the SDF, two ISIS militants on a motorcycle fired machine guns at an SDF military vehicle in the town of al-Bahra, resulting in the deaths of the fighters. The SDF described the attack as part of ISIS\u2019s ongoing efforts to destabilize security in areas liberated from the group.<\/p>\n
ISIS, which seized large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014 and declared a \u201ccaliphate,\u201d was defeated in Syria by the SDF in 2019 with support from the US-led coalition. The SDF continues operations against ISIS remnants amid a resurgence in activity.<\/p>\n
On the same day, the SDF captured a senior ISIS operative in Hasaka city during a coalition-backed operation. Additionally, at least one member of the Kurdish-led Asayish internal security forces was injured in two separate suspected ISIS attacks in Deir ez-Zor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Suspected Daesh attack kills two SDF fighters in east Syria ——————————– The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reported that two of their fighters were killed in a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) attack in eastern Syria\u2019s Deir ez-Zor province on Wednesday, Rudaw reported. According to the SDF, two ISIS militants on a motorcycle fired machine guns …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"\n