(Zaman Al Wasl)- Six Islamist fighters and one civilian have been killed in car bomb attack in southern Daraa province, field sources said Monday.
The blast targeted Hayat Tahrir al-Sham personnel in the town of al-Msaifra in the eastern countryside.
A senior commander in the former al-Qaeda branch was killed. Sources revealed that the Jordanian national was the emir of al-Lajat region.
No rebel group has claimed the responsibility for the attack as activists accuse Jaish Khalid Ibn al-Walid, the ISIS affiliate in southern Syria.
Jaish Khalid Ibn al-Walid mobilized its militants last week to seize an Israeli-Syrian buffer zone since 1973 near the Occupied Golan Heights.
Jaish Khalid Ibn al-Walid seeks to capture the ‘Yellow Zone’ that includes 5 towns and the strategic hilltop of al-Jabiya.
Seizing the buffer zone, will enable ISIS to cut off a supply route between Quneitra and Daraa provinces where the rebel-held areas will be divided.
Hael al-Nabelsi, rebel commander, told Zaman al-Wasl that the armed factions are aware of ISIS move and they are ready to deter the extremist group.
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