(Zaman Al Wasl)- Salamiya National Hospital east of Hama province has received bodies of 50 soldiers on Sunday were killed with 100 more in ISIS deadly suicide attacks near Raqqa city, local sources said.
Pro-regime media outlets said about 300 soldiers had been killed and missed since Thursday since ISIS militants pushed back regime forces advancing on Maadan, one of the last towns still in ISIS hands in the province of Raqqa, killing dozens and seizing vehicles.
The ISIS attack set the regime back about 30 kilometers (19 miles) to the west of Maadan and allowed the militants to recapture a number of villages in the areas they lost to advancing regime troops last month. Maadan lies halfway between Raqqa city and Deir al-Zor city, which is divided between government- and ISIS-controlled areas, AP reported.
ISIS media channels posted pictures of the attacked Assad army convoy and bodies of over a dozen soldiers. Maadan lies along the southern banks of the Euphrates River and is 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of the city of Raqqa, where the U.S-backed Syrian opposition forces are separately battling ISIS.
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