ISIS fighters storm Assad's checkpoints east Homs, kill 10

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State (ISIS) launched a surprise attack on Syrian regime checkpoints in the eastern countryside of Homs, killing 10 and wounding 20, sources said Friday.

The ISIS fighters stormed all checkpoints and barracks of the regime forces in al-Shoumariya Mountains, 50 km east Homs city, eager to to cut arms supply route to Alawite villages, activists said.

Pro-Bashar al-Assad twitter feeds said ISIS has only controlled the eastern side of the mountains but the western side is still under regime forces' control as reinforcements arrive.