At least 26 Syrian army soldiers were killed and more than 10 were wounded when ISIS fighters ambushed their bus overnight in eastern Syria, a war monitor said.
The attack, the deadliest of its type this year, occurred near Al Mayadeen in the desert province of Deir Ezzor, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The war monitor said the death toll would probably rise, with the status of dozens of Syrian army soldiers unknown.
The official Syrian news agency Sana said “a number of military personnel were killed and others injured” in a “terrorist attack”, citing an army source.
Syrian government forces and allied pro-Iranian armed groups deployed in Deir Ezzor were on high alert on Friday morning, the Observatory reported.
The area was once controlled by ISIS during the period that the group ran parts of eastern Syria and northern Iraq.
However, since losing the territory they held – in Iraq in 2017 and Syria in 2019 – the extremist group has returned to being an insurgency with underground sleeper cells.
Control in Deir Ezzor is split between Syrian troops, backed by Iran, Russia and Lebanon's Hezbollah, and Kurdish-led fighters, supported by the US and other western allies.
ISIS in recent weeks has increased its attacks in Syria's north and north-east.
Thursday's attack was the third by ISIS this month, amid an apparent resurgence by the extremist group.
Also this week, 10 Syrian soldiers and pro-government fighters were killed in an ISIS attack in the former stronghold of Raqa province, the Observatory said.
Last week, ISIS attacked a convoy of oil tankers guarded by the army in the Syrian desert. That killed seven people, including two civilians.
And last month, ISIS claimed responsibility for a rare bombing in Damascus that killed at least six people near the capital's Sayyida Zeinab mausoleum, Syria's most visited Shiite pilgrimage site.
New UK refugee system
- A new “core protection” for refugees moving from permanent to a more basic, temporary protection
- Shortened leave to remain - refugees will receive 30 months instead of five years
- A longer path to settlement with no indefinite settled status until a refugee has spent 20 years in Britain
- To encourage refugees to integrate the government will encourage them to out of the core protection route wherever possible.
- Under core protection there will be no automatic right to family reunion
- Refugees will have a reduced right to public funds
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Going grey? A stylist's advice
If you’re going to go grey, a great style, well-cared for hair (in a sleek, classy style, like a bob), and a young spirit and attitude go a long way, says Maria Dowling, founder of the Maria Dowling Salon in Dubai.
It’s easier to go grey from a lighter colour, so you may want to do that first. And this is the time to try a shorter style, she advises. Then a stylist can introduce highlights, start lightening up the roots, and let it fade out. Once it’s entirely grey, a purple shampoo will prevent yellowing.
“Get professional help – there’s no other way to go around it,” she says. “And don’t just let it grow out because that looks really bad. Put effort into it: properly condition, straighten, get regular trims, make sure it’s glossy.”
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