Daesh terrorists ambush Syrian Army bus, kill 26 soldiers

The Daesh terror group has ambushed a bus carrying Syrian soldiers in the eastern part of the country, killing 26 military personnel in what has been described as the deadliest terrorist attack in months.

Syria’s official news agency SANA quoted a military source as saying the bus was hit overnight on a desert road in the Deir Ezzor province, noting that the terrorist attack has left a number of casualties.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, however, reported that the attack has claimed the lives of 26 troops and left 11 others injured, some in critical condition.

The terrorists surrounded the bus in the desert near Mayadeen and opened fire, the observatory added.

Daesh members in recent weeks have increased their surprise attacks in Syria’s north and northeast, where they maintain hideouts.

The group, which seized wide swathes of Syria and neighboring Iraq in 2013, went underground since it lost its last territory in eastern Syria in 2019.