Operations officials quoted by al-Watan daily reported that the clashes occurred during a combing operation carried out by regulars in the Rasafah area in southern Raqa province, located in the vast desert region of al-Badieh where attacks by Daesh remnants are frequent.

They reported the radicals suffered casualties in their ranks and losses in their war material.

Meanwhile in the neighborhood of Traek al-Sad in the city of Deraa, head of the province of the same name in southern Syria, the uniformed with the support of local volunteers continue to besiege Daesh terrorists who barricaded themselves in this neighborhood and took civilians as human shields.

In the Badieh desert, Daesh attacks are increasing, whose members, according to allegations from Damascus, receive logistical support, protection and intelligence information from the US military in the Tanef area in the east of the country.

According to analysts, Daesh resorts, since its defeat in 2018, to gang warfare and attacks on the basis of clear intelligence instructions to wear down Syrian troops and their allies.

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