Damascus, June 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two Syrian soldiers were killed on Saturday by unknown people in northern Syria's Aleppo province, state news agency SANA reported.
Citing a defence ministry source, SANA said the two soldiers were targeted near the city of Manbij in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, Xinhua news agency reported.
The incident is the latest in a series of attacks and ambushes targeting military personnel in Syria's new transitional authorities. On May 11, two soldiers were killed when their bus came under attack in the countryside of northeastern Syria's Hasakah province.
Some media reports suggested an Islamic State involvement in the recent series of attacks against members of the new Syrian military forces that were formed in the wake of the downfall of the previous Syrian administration in late 2024.
Earlier this week, a suicide attack targeted a camp belonging to Syria's interior authorities in the northern province of Raqqa, killing two personnel and wounding others.
Noureddin al-Baba, spokesperson of Syrian interior authorities, said in a statement that a "terrorist suicide attack" struck one of its camps in Raqqa.
The attack killed two members of the security forces and injured others, according to preliminary information released.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The incident comes as Syrian authorities continue security operations against extremist cells in several parts of the country following the political transition that followed the collapse of former President Bashar Assad's government in December 2024.
The interior authorities announced earlier this month that security forces had arrested 235 suspected Islamic State members over a three-month period and dismantled several militant cells in operations across Syria.
Raqqa province, once the de facto capital of the Islamic State group in Syria, has remained vulnerable to attacks and insurgent activities despite years of military operations against extremist organisations.
Syrian officials have repeatedly warned that militant groups were attempting to exploit security gaps and instability in parts of the country during the transitional period.
–IANS
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Source: IANS
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