(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least six fighters loyal to Bashar al-Assad killed on Saturday in an ISIS suicide attack targeted their checkpoint in central Hama province, regime-run agency said.
The suicide bomber has detonated his car near al-Batata checkpoint iى the Ismaili-dominated city of al-Salamiyah east of Hama, killing 6 fighters, SANA reported.
Last Sunday, ISIS claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in strongholds of the regime in Homs and Damascus that killed at least 129 people and scores of others injured.
Meanwhile, the 'cessation of hostilities' in Syria came into effect at the agreed time of midnight on Saturday (2200 GMT Friday), under a U.S.-Russian plan which warring sides in the five-year conflict have said would to commit to.
Syria's regime and rebels warring against it have said they would respect the halt to fighting.
The truce does not apply to ISIS and al-Qaeda affiliate the Nusra Front, and the Syrian government and Moscow have said they will not halt combat against those militants.
The UN Security Council threw its weight Friday behind a ceasefire agreement for Syria and demanded that it be upheld.
Syrian activists and local councils launched monitoring groups to stand on the ceasefire deal, and to report any breaches.
Walid al-Faris, activist, said his fellow activists had formed a local monitor in the central province of Homs that will tack the ceasefire on all battlefields and civil neighborhoods.
In their turn, social media activists founded Facebook pages and Twitter accounts to monitor the deal.
The suicide bomber has detonated his car near al-Batata checkpoint iى the Ismaili-dominated city of al-Salamiyah east of Hama, killing 6 fighters, SANA reported.
Last Sunday, ISIS claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in strongholds of the regime in Homs and Damascus that killed at least 129 people and scores of others injured.
Meanwhile, the 'cessation of hostilities' in Syria came into effect at the agreed time of midnight on Saturday (2200 GMT Friday), under a U.S.-Russian plan which warring sides in the five-year conflict have said would to commit to.
Syria's regime and rebels warring against it have said they would respect the halt to fighting.
The truce does not apply to ISIS and al-Qaeda affiliate the Nusra Front, and the Syrian government and Moscow have said they will not halt combat against those militants.
The UN Security Council threw its weight Friday behind a ceasefire agreement for Syria and demanded that it be upheld.
Syrian activists and local councils launched monitoring groups to stand on the ceasefire deal, and to report any breaches.
Walid al-Faris, activist, said his fellow activists had formed a local monitor in the central province of Homs that will tack the ceasefire on all battlefields and civil neighborhoods.
In their turn, social media activists founded Facebook pages and Twitter accounts to monitor the deal.
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