85 Syrian soldiers killed by Islamic State militants
 

Damascus, July 26 (IANS) As many as 85 Syrian government soldiers have been killed over the past two days in attacks launched by the so-called Islamic State (IS) on a military base in Syria's **rthern al-Raqqa province, activists said Saturday. The 85 soldiers and ******rs have been confirmed dead during the twin bombings the IS had carried out at the gates of the 23rd Division base in al-Raqqa and in the clashes that ensued, said UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The observatory said that the IS, which is an Al Qaeda splinter group, had also executed soldiers who were retreating towards **rthern al-Raqqa after fleeing the base, Xinhua reported

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