Syria’s Inside Ministry mentioned on Monday that one among its safety personnel had been killed as its forces thwarted an assault by two Islamic State terrorists on a command headquarters of the nation’s inside safety forces within the metropolis of Raqqa.
In line with a ministry assertion, two suicide attackers tried to storm the ability. Safety personnel engaged the pair, neutralizing one among them, whereas the second detonated an explosive vest after being surrounded.
Three safety personnel have been additionally wounded within the assault, the assertion added.
Earlier, the Syrian state information company had cited the Inside Ministry’s spokesperson as saying that preliminary info indicated no less than two ministry personnel have been killed in a suicide assault on a ministry camp in Raqqa.
In February, the Islamic State declared a brand new part of operations in opposition to the federal government of President Ahmed al-Sharaa and has since carried out a spate of assaults, together with one which killed 4 Syrian safety personnel close to Raqqa.
Final yr, Sharaa’s authorities joined the US-led coalition preventing Islamic State.
Sharaa himself fought the Islamic State when he was the chief of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Entrance throughout Syria’s civil conflict. He severed ties with al Qaeda in 2016.
On the peak of its energy throughout the Syrian civil conflict a decade in the past, Islamic State managed round 1 / 4 or extra of Syria, earlier than being pushed out of the territory by a US-led coalition and different foes.
