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INTERNATIONAL - The militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has killed at least 49 members of the Syrian government forces.
Syrian Human Rights Monitoring Organization (SOHR) on Friday (09/12/2016) states, 49 members of the Syrian troops killed in battle for 24 hours near the historic town of Palmyra.
The news agency Agence France-Presse reported that the death toll was composed of 15 Syrian soldiers and allied fighters.
ISIS ambushed them on Friday morning near the oil fields Mahr, a few kilometers from Palmyra.
ISIS militants launched simultaneous attacks on several positions of Syrian troops in the eastern province of Homs on Thursday (08.12.2016), including areas near the oil fields and gas Mahr and Shaar.
ISIS seizing government checkpoints, a number of silos and villages in Jazal, northwest Palmyra. When the news was revealed Friday night, the battle is still ongoing.
The fighting has brought a beneficial impact ISIS forces, ie, they can stir advanced four kilometers to Palmyra, which had captured the soldiers in March.
SOHR said army reinforcements had been increasing and conduct air strikes against ISIS positions in an attempt to reclaim the lost territory.
ISIS never menguasaso several major cities in the province of Homs, including Palmyra which owns the site and historic buildings, but it has been broken down by militants.
SOHR director Rami Abdel Rahman said the attack this time is the first advance for the ISIS after being hit out of Palmyra since last March.
