Amaq News Agency : Wilayah al-Sham Homs killed 20 Liwa al-Quds militia in an ambush in al-Sukhna desert road, Homs Governorate

 

Alessandra Ciffo

 

On April  20th, through Amaq News Agency, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the ambush attack that happened on April 18th against the Liwa al-Quds militia[1] vehicle traveling on the al-Sukhna desert road, eastern Homs governorate, Central Syria, in which dozens of them were killed.

Amaq News Agency reported that on Thursday, April 18th, Wilayah al-Sham Homs mujahideen prepared a complex ambush towards a Liwa al-Quds militia vehicle, which was traveling across the al-Sukhna desert road, in eastern Homs Governorate. They targeted the wheel with heavy machine gun fire, which led to the overturning of the vehicle and the killing of several Liwa al-Quds militia members.

         

It has been stated that after the overturn of the vehicle, the Wilayah al-Sham Homs militants killed those who survived the targeted attack, including a few of those who attempted to escape from the area, resulting in the killing of at least 20 soldiers, and also seizing around 12 rifles.

The al-Sukhna desert area, the axes, and the roads nearby, passing through the Homs Governorate and connecting with the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, such as the M20 road, is known to be a very likely battleground for IS similar modus operandi attack towards Syrian Forces and militias vehicles and patrols.

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[1] The Liwa al-Quds militia, also known as the Jerusalem Brigade, is a Syrian Palestinian Brigade formed in 2013 by  Col. Muhammad al-Sa'eed in the Palestinian refugee camp al-Nayrab near Aleppo, which operates with the Syrian Armed Forces in the Syrian Civil War.