Syrian soldiers killed in deadly Islamic State ambush in Deir Ezzor

The Syrian army loyal to Bashar al-Assad has struggled to control the country's eastern desert.
Syria fighting
This picture taken on Dec. 7, 2021 shows an aerial view of US Bradley Fighting Vehicles during a joint military exercise between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the US-led international coalition against the Islamic State in the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria. - DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images
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Syrian state-run media said five soldiers were killed in an Islamic State missile attack on a transport convoy in the country’s eastern desert on Sunday evening.

Twenty others were wounded, state-run SANA news agency reported. The outlet operates under the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

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