...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) attack in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zor province, the Asayish said on Tuesday.
"A terrorist group riding a cycle of violence targeted a vehicle belonging to our forces in the town of Abriha in Deir ez-Zor province using a Kalashnikov assault rifle. Three members of our forces sustained various injuries," the Asayish said in a statement.
ISIS has exploited a security vacuum following the collapse of Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators...
’s regime in December. The jihadists are particularly active in Deir ez-Zor, where they frequently target the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and local security forces.
The Asayish asserted that "extensive combing operations" were launched in the area after the attack in search of the assailants.
"Such terrorist attacks will not deter us from pursuing anyone who dares to threaten the security of our regions," the statement added.
The Kurdish-led SDF, the de facto army of northeast Syria (Rojava), has carried out numerous operations this year to counter what they say is a resurgence in ISIS activity, targeting both their forces and civilians.