The Islamic State announced the largest number of operations it has so far carried out in the span of two months in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor, which is under the control of Kurdish forces in northeast Syria.
ALEPPO, Syria — In the weekly ISIS newspaper on Oct. 7, ISIS announced that its cells carried out 59 military operations in the span of 68 days, from Aug. 1 through Oct. 5.
The operations caused the death of 103 members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and 19 soldiers of Assad forces.
Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria had the largest share of ISIS operations with 30 attacks, including shootings, explosive devices, ambushes and two car bombs, which caused the destruction of 34 military vehicles across the province.
Source: Al Monitor