Islamic State kills four security personnel in Syria, state news agency says

CAIRO: Daesh militants killed four Syrian government security personnel in northern Syria on Monday, the Syrian state news agency reported, ​in what would be the group’s deadliest attack on government forces since the ouster of President Bashar Assad. The assault on a checkpoint west of Raqqa city underlined an escalation in attacks by the jihadist group against President Ahmed Al-Sharaa’s government, two days after the jihadist group declared “a new phase of operations” ‌against it. Islamic State ‌issued no immediate claim ​of ‌responsibility ⁠for Monday’s attack.

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