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A number of Syrian regime forces allied Iranian militants were killed and others were captured, on Saturday, in an ambush set by the Syrian rebels, while clashes broke out between the two sides, east of Homs.
Qasioun News reported that a number of Iranian militants were killed and others were wounded, at dawn today, in an ambush set by Syrian rebels’ Jaysh Maghaweer al-Thawra (Army of Revolution Commando), near al-Zakf base, east of Homs.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday made new gains in the fight against ISIS militants in Raqqa city, advancing in two neighbourhoods.
The SDF leadership said that advances continue in the neighbourhoods of Nazlah Shehada and Hisham Bin Abdul Malek, although both neighbourhoods are not fully liberated yet.
The Yemen Army backed by Houthis rebels and the Popular Committees (PC) carried out on Friday, July 28, 2017, their largest surprise offensive ever that has led to the control of a Saudi military camp and three more sites deep inside the southern Jazan region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Military sources have confirmed that Yemen’s army and the PC carried out large-scale military operations in Jizan, pointing out that the military operations targeted Al Jabri Camp, in addition to the al-Faridha, al-Malhamah and al-Ghawiya military sites.
At least 15 Hezbollah militia fighters and one mediator have been killed in clashes with militants in Lebanon close to the border with Syria, it emerged on Saturday.
Hezbollah on Friday carried out a second day of operations against fighters attached to Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham (JFS), the militant group formerly known as al-Nusra Front, which was aligned with al-Qaeda.
Intense clashes have broken out between US-backed Syrian fighters and Islamic State militants in the heart of Raqqa - the extremist group’s self-styled capital.
At least 180 civilians in areas controlled by IS have managed to flee, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights putting that number in the hundreds.