The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for its first attack targeting Syria’s new government forces since the oust of Bashar al-Assad, marking a significant development in the militant group’s resurgence efforts, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
According to SOHR the ISIS statement published Thursday, claimed it detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by its fighters on a vehicle belonging to “the apostate Syrian regime” in the southern province of Suwayda. The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist activity online, and the UK-based SOHR confirmed that this was the first officially claimed attack by ISIS against the new Syrian government, which assumed power after Assad was ousted in December
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Source: Kurdistan24 News
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