Jihadists kill at least 50 Syrian soldiers

 Written by : Mohamed Abdel Fattah


Jul 26, 2014

 Jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) killed at least 50 Syrian soldiers in an ambush on Friday

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the incident occurred in Raqqa Province, northern Syria, during an attack on a military base.

The deaths added to 74 already killed in the offensive across the north and northeast, the Rights said.

"At least 50 soldiers were ambushed, some of them were killed in fighting but most of them were beheaded," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

Raqqa is already a stronghold of Islamic State, which has advanced in Syria and taken over swaths of territory in neighboring Iraq in what it has described as a bid to establish an Islamic caliphate.

Media close to the regime remained silent on the deaths in Raqa.

Raqqa is the only Syrian provincial capital to have fallen completely outside Assad's control and Islamic State has paraded military hardware through its streets.

The Syrian air force carried out 12 raids around Division which is one of three still holding positions in the ISIS-occupied region and operates out of a vast military base.

Islamic State's fighters have gained momentum in Syria, boosted by equipment seized in a rapid offensive next door in Iraq, the army may need to become more confrontational with the group if it wants to avoid losing territory to it.

According to some sources, over 160,000 people have been killed in over three years of turmoil in Syria. Millions of Syrians have also been displaced due to the violence.

The Western powers and some of their regional allies- Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey- are supporting the Takfiri militants operating inside Syria.

last week,Jihadists seized a major gas field in Syria , leaving at least 23 people dead in the process

The takeover of the important natural gas field adds to the energy possessions of ISIS, which has also seized much of Syria’s oil production in Deir Ezzor, some oil fields near Mosul in Iraq, and a massive oil refinery in central Iraq.

Sources

Reuters

washingtonpost.

Al Alarabiya.

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