Daesh attack kills seven pro-regime fighters in Syria

BEIRUT — Seven members of pro-regime forces were killed in Syria on Friday in an attack by the Daesh terror group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The attackers were on motorbikes when they opened fire on a military post, "killing at least seven pro-regime fighters", in the vicinity of Boukamal on the border with Iraq, the NGO's Director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

This year, Daesh attacks have killed at least 385 Syrian soldiers forces and 165 civilians, according to the observatory, which has a vast network of sources in Syria.

Rahman said those killed on Friday included both Syrians and "foreigners".

After rising to power in 2014 in parts of Syria and Iraq, Daesh its self-proclaimed "caliphate" waver after successive offensives against it in both countries, which were launched with the support of an international anti-extremist coalition.

The defeat of Daesh in Syria was declared in 2019, but the coalition remained in the country to fight against extremists cells that continue to operate there.