Military sources consulted by Prensa Latina indicated that the soldiers were carrying out a combing operation and were ambushed in a minefield near the town of Al-Sukhna, in the east of the province of Homs, which killed 16 officers.

The fatalities include Lieutenant General Abdul Rahman Hurieh, Brigadier General Majed Yussef Mousa and Captain Hassan Ali Al-Ali.

Another Daesh attack in Jabab Hamad village killed four regulars, including a first lieutenant, while two were wounded, according to sources.

On the 6th of this month, elite units of the Syrian Armed Forces began a major operation, with Russian air support, against terrorist groups in the vast desert in the east of the Levantine nation.

In recent months, remnants of the Islamic State terrorist group have increased their attacks on civilian communities and positions of Syrian uniformed forces and their allies, killing dozens of people.

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