ISIS has claimed a series of attacks in Syria, including an IED strike near Damascus and a reported assault on security forces in Raqqa.
The extremist group Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed a new attack in Syria, with Syrian state media saying on Wednesday that “an improvised explosive device detonated yesterday against the vehicle of Salah Ahmad al-Saleh, head of the Justice Palace department in Babila, south of Damascus, leaving him injured in the Daf al-Shok area.”
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
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