BEIRUT (AP) - The Islamic State group has claimed accountability for an ambush in jap Syria that killed not less than 20 authorities troopers and wounded others, warning that such assaults will proceed.

IS sleeper cells nonetheless carry lethal assaults regardless of their defeat in Syria in 2019. The group as soon as managed giant elements of Syria and Iraq the place they declared a caliphate in 2014.

The Friday evening assertion mentioned IS fighters ambushed two military vans within the jap province of Deir el-Zour utilizing totally different sorts of weapons. IS claimed that 40 members of the Syrian navy have been killed and 10 have been wounded.

Syrian opposition activists mentioned the Thursday evening assault on a bus carrying troopers close to the city of Mayadeen killed not less than 20 troopers and wounded others. State media mentioned a number of troopers have been killed and wounded, with out giving a breakdown.

“Let the whole world know that our allegiance to our leaders is practiced with deeds and not words and our Jihad is going on until Doomsday,” IS mentioned.

Last week, IS introduced the loss of life in Syria of its little-known chief, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi - who had headed the extremist group since November - and named his successor. He was the fourth chief to be killed since its founder, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in 2019 by U.S. troops in northwest Syria.

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