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Islamic State kills two dozen pro-regime fighters in Syria

A firefight in the Deir ez-Zor desert is the latest sign of the Islamic State terror network's lingering presence.
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Suspected Islamic State (IS) fighters in eastern Syria killed more than two dozen fighters aligned with the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in an ambush on Monday, according to the United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

Some 26 pro-regime soldiers and members of the Al-Quds Brigade militia were killed after a skirmish in Syria’s eastern desert near the city of al-Mayadeen.

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