At least 16 Syrian servicemen and members of the country’s pro-government militia, the National Defense Forces, were killed by terrorists in the province of Homs, Report informs via TASS.
According to Al-Hadath television, a military bus transporting soldiers and militiamen was ambushed by members of the Islamic State terrorist group on a highway in the Al-Teybe district.
Reinforcements arrived on the site, and the terrorists were forced to flee deep into the Syrian desert. The injured were hospitalized.