Syrian army units, backed by joint Syrian-Russian fighter jets, launched an operation in Jabal al-Bashari area in southeastern Raqqa province.
Jabal al-Bashari area is said to have witnessed significant activity by remnants of ISIL terrorist group in the past few months.
In the first hours of operations, Syrian army carried out a series of airstrikes and direct clashes with remnants of ISIL which killed and wounded militants of this terrorist group.
Concurrently, Jabal al-Bashri desert in southeast of Raqqa witnessed two terrorist attacks. In the first attack, a civilian bus was targeted which led to the killing of 11 Syrian soldiers and two civilians. In the second attack, two soldiers were killed and another was wounded.
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