(Zaman Al Wasl)- More than a dozen of regime forces were killed and wounded when the Islamic State militants stormed their base in the Syrian desert, local activists said Saturday.
The attack on regime troops in Badiya al-Sham near the the Iraqi border was the second in a week.
ISIS' counter attacks have killed more than 90 fighters loyal to Bashar al-Assad since March in the Syrian desert.
In recent weeks, ISIS’s al-Naba online newspaper has encouraged followers to adopt guerrilla tactics and published detailed instructions on how to carry out hit-and-run operations.
The group is using such tactics in places where it aims to expand beyond Iraq and Syria. While IS has tried this approach before, the guidelines make clear the group is adopting it as standard operating procedure, according to Reuters.
At the height of its power ISIS ruled over millions in large parts of Syria and Iraq.
But in March it lost its last significant piece of territory, the Syrian village of Baghouz, and the group has been forced to return to its roots: a style of fighting that avoids direct confrontation, weakening the enemy by attrition and winning popular support.
This attempt to revive Islamic State has so far been successful, analysts say, with many global attacks in recent weeks, including in places never before targeted by the group.
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