Syria: NGOs, over 20 killed in Isis attacks in 10 days

(ANSAMed) – BEIRUT, APRIL 28 – Over 20 people have been killed in Syria in attacks claimed by ISIS in various central-eastern regions of the tormented Arab country. This was reported by the National Observatory for Human Rights in Syria, according to which the series of attacks carried out by fighters of the ‘Islamic State’ takes place as part of a campaign launched by ISIS on a global scale on 17 April last and baptized “The revenge for the two shaykhs “. The reference to the two shaykhs is the former head of Isis, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al Quraishi, who was blown up during a US blitz in northwestern Syria on February 3, and the former spokesman for the jihadist organization. , Abu Hamza al Qurayshi, also killed.

The Syrian Observatory reports the killing from February 17 to today in the Syrian regions of Hasake, Dayr az Zor, Hama and Raqqa of 22 people, including 11 Kurdish and Arab militiamen affiliated with the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), 10 civilians and a person not yet identified.

In the middle of Ramadan, the month of Islamic fasting that began this year on April 2 and will end on May 1, ISIS has launched a campaign of attacks on an international scale, targeting a series of targets in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Libya and Uzbekistan. (ANSAMed).

Source: Ansa

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