Eleven killed in #Palmyra #ISIS attack, dozens reported missing

This attack comes days after the escape of around 20 #ISIS militants from #Raju prison in Syria’s northwestern town of #Afrin, illegally occupied by Turkey. thecradle.co/article-view/2…
Eleven people were killed in an #ISIS attack on 11 February in the Palmyra region of #Syria’s central governorate of Homs, the #UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Sunday.
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“[#ISIS] attacked about 75 people on Saturday while they were collecting truffles in the #Palmyra area, in the eastern countryside of Homs … 10 civilians, including a woman, and a member of the [#Syrian government’s] forces [were killed],” the war-monitor said on 12 February.
According to SOHR, the #ISIS militants used machine guns to carry out the attack. It added that the attack left over 60 people missing, suggesting that a possible mass kidnapping may have taken place.
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Over the past year, #Syria has witnessed a surge in #ISIS activity, which many analysts and officials have suggested is being encouraged by #Washington in order to create a pretext for #US military forces to prolong their occupation in the country.
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A day after the devastating earthquake struck #Syria and €Turkiye, AFP reported that around 20 #ISIS militants inside #Raju prison, in the northwestern town of #Afrin, took advantage of the chaos and escaped from the facility.
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