Syrian media: Militants attack bus in desert, kill 5 troops

DAMASCUS, Syria — Militants attacked a autobus carrying soldiers connected a godforsaken road successful cardinal Syria, sidesplitting 5 troops and wounding 20, authorities media reported Monday.

The authorities quality bureau SANA said the onslaught happened connected Sunday nighttime successful a government-controlled area. The study quoted an unnamed authoritative saying the militants launched rockets astatine the autobus traveling successful the Palmyra desert, past followed it with gunfire from an anti-aircraft gun.

The authoritative blamed Islamic State militants for the attack. IS militants person been progressive successful confederate and cardinal Syria, contempt losing territorial power successful the state since 2019.

SANA said attacks connected buses traveling down the road linking cardinal Syria to the eastbound are common, alleging that U.S. troops deployed determination are facilitating the attacks.

Assad’s authorities has repeatedly leveled specified accusations against U.S. and conjugation troops based astatine al-Tanf. US troops person maintained a constricted beingness successful Syria to bid and enactment with Kurdish-led Syrian forces and absorption fighters successful counter-terrorism efforts.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a warfare monitor, said suspected IS militants ambushed the subject convoy, sidesplitting astatine slightest 9 soldiers and members of government-allied militias. The radical said 15 were wounded. The antithetic reports could not beryllium instantly reconciled.