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Coverage dated August 10, 2023

At least 20 Syrian soldiers killed in ISIS bus ambush, activists say

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One group puts the number as high as 23. ISIS sleeper cells still carry out deadly attacks in parts of Syria despite the group's defeat in 2019.

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  1. CBS News

    At least 20 Syrian soldiers killed in ISIS bus ambush, activists say (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    One group puts the number as high as 23. ISIS sleeper cells still carry out deadly attacks in parts of Syria despite the group's defeat in 2019.

  2. Al-Monitor

    IS attack on Syria army bus kills 26 soldiers: monitor (opens Al-Monitor)

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    At least 26 soldiers have been killed in war-torn Syria's east, a monitor said on Friday, the deadliest in a new wave of attacks blamed on Islamic State group jihadists.Despite losing their last piece of territory in Syria in 2019, IS has maintained hideouts in the vast Syrian desert from which it h…

  3. Al-Monitor

    Islamic State attack kills 26 Syrian soldiers, third in 2 weeks (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    The deadly attack, the group’s third this month, follows the death of another one of its leaders.

  4. Fox News

    Islamic State gunmen suspected of ambushing Syrian bus carrying soldiers on desert road, killing 20 (opens Fox News)

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    About 20 Syrian soldiers were killed after gunmen, who may have been members of the Islamic State group, ambushed a bus in the country’s east.

  5. The Washington Free Beacon

    Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Attack on Bus That Killed 23 Syrian Troops (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    An attack on a military bus in Syria's east killed 23 government troops and wounded more than 10, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) war monitor said on Friday.

  6. PBS NewsHour

    At least 20 Syrian soldiers killed in ambush (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The Thursday night attack was believed to be carried out by members of the Islamic State group whose sleeper cells in parts of Syria still carry deadly attacks despite their defeat in 2019.

  7. Al Jazeera

    At least 20 Syrian soldiers killed in ambush blamed on ISIL (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    An attack on a bus carrying Syrian soldiers is believed to have been carried out by ISIL (ISIS) sleeper cells.

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