A general and four soldiers were killed Sunday in an attack in eastern Syria, a where jihadist groups are active, a war monitor said.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a bomb exploded close to the vehicle carrying the five troops in Deir Ezzor province.
The attack comes a day after the Islamic State group killed 13 fighters loyal to the Syrian regime in an ambush also in Deir Ezzor, in the desert area of Masrib, the Observatory said.
Despite the fall of ISIS's so-called caliphate in 2019, the group continues to launch deadly attacks from hideouts in the Syrian Desert, which extends from the outskirts of Syria's capital Damascus to the Iraqi border.
Since March 2019, a total of 1,593 pro-regime fighters and 153 allied pro-Iranian fighters had been killed in ISIS attacks, the observatory said.
Syria's war has killed nearly half a million people and displaced millions since it began with the brutal repression of anti-regime protests in 2011. (With The New Arab)
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