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The Islamic State group, besides known arsenic ISIS, has claimed its archetypal onslaught connected the caller Syrian government's forces since longtime president Bashar al Assad was ousted, according to a warfare monitoring body.
In a statement, ISIS said it had planted a weaponry connected a "vehicle of the apostate regime" successful the godforsaken of the confederate state of Sweida connected 22 May.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) identified it arsenic the archetypal onslaught to beryllium claimed by IS against Syrian forces since the 54-year Assad household regularisation ended past December.
SOHR said the onslaught connected authorities forces had killed 1 civilian and wounded 3 soldiers.
Islamic State besides claimed a 2nd weaponry onslaught this week successful a adjacent area, targeting members of the Free Syrian Army, which is backed by the United States. IS said it had killed 1 combatant and wounded three.
Neither the authorities nor a spokesperson for the Free Syrian Army were instantly disposable to remark connected the reports.
ISIS opposes the caller regularisation successful Damascus led by President Ahmad al Sharaa, who erstwhile ran al Qaeda's subdivision successful Syria and fought against Islamic State.
In January, authorities media said quality officials successful the post-Assad authorities had thwarted an ISIS program to detonate a weaponry astatine a Shia Muslim shrine southbound of Damascus.
ISIS erstwhile controlled ample parts of Syria and Iraq but was mostly defeated successful Syria successful March 2019, erstwhile US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters captured the past sliver of onshore it controlled.
But tiny cells person continued to transportation retired deadly attacks, and US Central Command estimates astir 2,500 ISIS fighters stay astatine ample crossed Iraq and Syria.
In March, US forces said they had killed ISIS's latest leader successful Iraq and Syria, Abu Khadija.
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Last month, Sky News peculiar analogous Alex Crawford revealed successful a documentary that Yazidi women were inactive enslaved successful ISIS detention camps, 10 years aft the extremists carried retired systematic slaughter and wide abductions connected the number group.
How al Sharaa met Trump
Syria's caller de facto authorities took charge aft launching a accelerated violative successful November, backed by different absorption groups, culminating successful the downfall of Assad's regime successful December.
Donald Trump met al Sharaa, besides known arsenic Abu Mohammed al Jolani, during his Middle East circuit successful Saudi Arabia earlier this month, promising to assistance crippling economical sanctions imposed connected Damascus since the days of Assad.
The White House said successful a connection aft the gathering that President Trump had urged President al Sharaa to diplomatically recognise Israel, "tell each overseas terrorists to permission Syria" and assistance the US suppress immoderate resurgence of ISIS.
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